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PSLV-C49

India successfully launched its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard a Polar rocket from the spaceport here on Saturday, in its first mission this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Space Research Organisations workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49) injected EOS-01, intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support and other satellites one by one in orbit around 20 minutes after lift-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), about 110 km from Chennai, at 3.12 pm. This is ISROs first mission this year after the COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown ‘disturbed’ 10 missions being planned by the agency and the nine customer satellites are from the USA, Lithuania and Luxembourg.

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The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49/EOS-01) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 3.12 pm at the end of a 26-hour countdown. Credits: Twitter/isro
In this undated photo provided by ISRO, India’s PSLV-C49 ahead of its 51st mission, which will lift off EOS-01 as primary satellite and nine other international commercial satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo
In this undated photo provided by ISRO, India’s PSLV-C49 ahead of its 51st mission, which will lift off EOS-01 as primary satellite and nine other international commercial satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo
In this undated photo provided by ISRO, India’s PSLV-C49 ahead of its 51st mission, which will lift off EOS-01 as primary satellite and nine other international commercial satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo
In this photo provided by ISRO, India’s PSLV-C49, ahead of its 51st mission, which will lift off EOS-01 as primary satellite and nine other international commercial satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo
In this photo provided by ISRO, India’s PSLV-C49, ahead of its 51st mission, which will lift off EOS-01 as primary satellite and nine other international commercial satellites onboard from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the 51st mission of PSLV carrying the all-weather earth imaging satellite EOS along with nine international satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. PTI Photo
People react as they watch ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49) carrying all-weather Earth Imaging Satellite EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites of the US, Luxembourg and Lithuania, leaves a trail of smoke, at Marina beach, Chennai, on Saturday, November 7, 2020. PTI Photo
People watch the PSLV-C49 carrying all-weather Earth Imaging Satellite EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites of the US, Luxembourg and Lithuania for the launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. PTI Photo
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49) carrying all-weather Earth Imaging Satellite EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites of the US, Luxembourg and Lithuania, launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. PTI Photo