ISRO starts countdown for launch of PSLV-C55

 

 

 

 

THE 22.5-hour countdown for the launch of two Singapore satellites on board a polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) commenced on Fridaya tthe Satish Dhawan Space Centre, here, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. Itis a dedicated commercial mission through NSIL with TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite that would be deployed into low earth orbit by ISRO’s trusted workhorse PSLV C55. The 44.4 metre tall rocket is scheduled for a lift-off from the first launch pad at 14.19 hrs at the spaceport, located about135 kms from Chennai. The TeLEOS-2 is a syntheticaperture radar satellite developed under partnership between Defence Science andTechnology Agency (DSTA), representing the Governmentof Singapore and ST Engineering.