• The eight nano satellites include ISRO Nano Satellite-2 (INS-2B), Anand, Astrocast (four satellites) and two Thiebault satellites for Bhutan.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) completed its last PSLV mission of the year on Saturday. The prestigious space organization launched Earth Observation Satellite - 06 (EOS-06) and eight nanosatellites on 26 November.
The eight nanosatellites include ISRO Nano Satellite-2 (INS-2B), Anand, Astrocast (four satellites), and two Thiebault satellites for Bhutan.
launch! ISRO's PSLV rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center carrying the EOS-06 spacecraft.
The upcoming flight comes close to the launch of Vikram-S (a sub-orbital launch vehicle from Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace) on November 18, the first rocket built by a private company in India.
According to the space agency, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) launched the satellites at 11.56 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
EOS-6 is a third generation satellite in the Oceansat series of satellites.
It is intended to provide continuity services for the Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas. The payloads are Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3), Sea Surface Temperature Monitor and Ku-band Scatterometer (SCAT-3) and 'ARGOS' mission.
Satellite Anand has been built by Bengaluru-headquartered space tech startup Pixelcell. It took the company more than two years to build its third hyperspectral satellite. The 'ANAND' satellite is a technology demonstrator showcasing the capabilities and commercial applications of a miniature Earth-observing camera for Earth observation using a microsatellite in low Earth orbit.
INS-2B (Bhutansat) will carry two payloads - NanoMX and APRS-Digipitor. NanoMax is a multispectral optical imaging payload developed by the Space Applications Center. The APRS-Digipitor payload has been jointly developed by the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Bhutan and U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
The Thibault spacecraft includes a communications payload that enables rapid technology demonstration and constellation development for multiple users. It also featured store-and-forward functionality for authorized users in the amateur frequency band.
ISRO said that "the satellites will be deployed using the Dhruv Space Orbital Deployer to perform specific mission operations for a minimum lifetime of one year."
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