ISRO: Fuel filling for second stage of PSLV-C48 commences

The
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday announced that the fuel
filling process for the second stage of PSLV-C48 has commenced. “Filling of
fuel for the second stage(PS2) of PSLV-C48 commenced.”ISRO Tweeted at around
4:30 am on Tuesday”.

The
Countdown for the launch of PSLV-C48 mission commenced on “Tuesday evening.The
Countdown for the launch of  PSLV-C48
/RISAT-2BR1 mission commenced today at 1640 Hrs (IST) from satish Dhavan Space
Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota,”the space body said.

Earlier,ISRO Chairman Dr K Shivan offered prayers at the revered Tirupati Balaji temple on Tuesday morning here before the launch of satellites from PSLV-C48

While
speaking to media, he said that PSLV-C48 is a historic achievement by ISRO as
this is the 50^th launch for PSLV and 75^th launch from
Sriharikota. ISRO is gearing up for the launch of RISAT-2BRR1 through PSLV-C48,which
will launch it from Satish Dhavan Space Centre ((SDSC) in SrriharriKota on
December 11.

PSLV-C48
will also carry nine customer satellites including one from Israel, one from
Italy, one from Japan and six from USA as “co-passengers”.