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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday successfully launched the Brazil’s Amazonia-1 satellite. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, which is the 53rd mission of

PSLV, launched the Amazonia-1 of Brazil as a primary satellite. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! C51 mission, launched at Sriharikota spaceport

in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district, about 100 kms from Chennai, carried the earth observation satellite along with 18 co-passenger satellites. The satellite includes a nanosatellite from

Isro, three UnitySats by an academic consortium, and a demonstration satellite by another start-up, Pixxel (incorporated as Syzygy Space Technologies). In a first, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi’s images have been engraved on the top panel of the spacecraft Satish Dhawan Sat (SD SAT). Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! “This is to

show solidarity and gratitude for his (PM’s) Aatmanirbhar initiative and space privatization”, SKI had earlier said. The satellite also carries Bhagavad Gita in SD (secured digital) card.

The nanosatellite also carries three scientific payloads — one to study space radiation, one to study the magnetosphere, and another that will demonstrate a low-power wide-area communication

network. The Isro mission was built around sending Brazil’s 637-kg Amazonia-1 satellite into space, which is the first Brazilian satellite to be launched from India and is the first

dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). “This satellite would further strengthen the existing structure by providing remote sensing data to users for monitoring

deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory,” an ISRO statement said.