India launches earth observation satellite eos-01, nine other satellites
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India successfully launched its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites on board its Polar rocket from the spaceport in Sriharikota on Saturday. ALSO READ:
ISRO GEARING UP FOR LAUNCH OF SMALL SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLES: SIVAN The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49) lifted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here
at 3.12 PM at the end of a 26 hour countdown and injected the satellites into orbit one after another 20 minutes later. The lift off was originally scheduled for 3.02 pm, but was delayed by
10 minutes due to debris on the path of the vehicle, ISRO said. > Watch Live: Launch of EOS-01 and 9 customer satellites by PSLV-49 > https://t.co/H4jE2fUhNQ > — ISRO (@isro)
November 7, 2020 This is the first mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this year. EOS-01 is intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management
support, the space agency said. The customer satellites are from Lithuania (1), Luxembourg (4) and USA (4). Published - November 07, 2020 03:32 pm IST Read Comments Remove SEE ALL PRINT
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