India and France have also signed an agreement to build constellations of satellites for maritime surveillance intended to identify and track ships in the Indian Ocean.
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Amazonia-1 is the optical earth observation satellite of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Sindhu Netra was part of the satellites launched.
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday (February 28) launched Sindhu Netra , a satellite developed by the DRDO to monitor the activities of military and merchant navy ships in the Indian Ocean Region.
ISRO chief K Sivan told PTI the satellite was part of the PSLV-51 launch on Sunday (February 28).
In the first dedicated mission of its commercial arm NSIL (NewSpace India Limited), the ISRO successfully launched Brazil s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passengers, including five built by students, onboard a Polar rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota.
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PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission will carry Brazilâs Amazônia-1 as the primary payload, along with 18 other guest satellites including 5 Indian satellites. Watch the live telecast of the launch of #PSLVC51 at 1000 hrs IST tomorrow (Image Source: Twitter/@isro)
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Updated: Feb 28, 2021, 06:59 AM IST
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 19 satellites today, at 10 am from the Satish Dhavan Space Centre at Sriharikota. This is part of the first dedicated commercial PSLVC51 mission for its commercial company NewSpace India Limited (NSIL)
The PSLV-C51/Amazônia - 1 mission will carry Brazil’s Amazônia-1 as the primary payload, along with 18 other guest satellites, including five Indian satellites.
In a boost for the country s surveillance capabilities to monitor activities of both military warships and merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Sindhu Netra satellite developed by a team of young scientists from Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully deployed in space on Sunday. The satellite was launched using the Indian Space Research Organisation s (ISRO) PSLV-C51 which took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 10:30 am today. The Sindhu Netra satellite has been developed by the young scientists of the DRDO and is capable of automatically identifying the warships and merchant ships operating in the IOR. The satellite has also started communicating with the ground systems, government sources told ANI.
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