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NEW DELHI: A mega satellite that took eight years to be developed by Brazil has been successfully transported via a cargo flight from Sao Jose dos Campos to Chennai.
Amazonia-1, which will help monitor the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, will be launched into space in February next year from the Sriharikota launch centre and will become part of Indian Space Research Organisation’s first satellite launch of 2021. Isro’s PSLV-C51 will not only launch Amazonia-1 satellite but also three private satellites built by Indian startups as secondary payloads.
Highlighting the significance of the upcoming first full commercial launch of 2021 involving satellites of desi startups, Isro chairman K Sivan told
ISRO gears up to launch satellites built by private players onboard PSLV-C51
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 06:58 PM IST
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The government of India has initiated (reforms) and within eight months, the first satellite ANAND from a start-up called Pixel India, is going to be launched, he said addressing scientists from the Mission Control Centre after the successful launch of communication satellite CMS-01 on-board PSLV-C50 from the spaceport.
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The chairman said along with it two more satellites SATISH SAT , built by Space Kids India , and UNIT-SAT , built by consortium of universities, would be sent.
Sriharikota: ISRO would launch an earth observation satellite ANAND that is fully built by a start-up as part of enabling private players in space exploration, Chairman K Sivan said on Thursday. Lauding the Centre for launching reforms unlocking India s potential in the space sector, Sivan said The next mission PSLV-C51 (polar satellite launch vehic