ISRO successfully launches Oceansat, 8 other satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully lifted off its PSLV-C54 carrying Earth Observation satellite-6 (EOS-6) or Oceansat, along with eight other customer satellites from Sriharikota on Saturday.

PSLV-C54 successfully places Earth Observation Satellite into its intended orbit, said ISRO Chairman S. Somanath.

The Earth Observation Satellite-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series.

This is to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.

The mission objective is to ensure the data continuity of Ocean colour and wind vector data to sustain the operational applications.

And congratulations to the entire team of PSLV for making yet another successful mission in the series of its long journey," he said.

The rocket successfully placed the satellite at 1,033 seconds at an altitude of about 742 kms, he added.

The mission is said to be the last one undertaken by ISRO this year.

According to ISRO, the primary payload Oceansat along with eight satellites are expected to be placed into sun-synchronous orbits in over a two-hour time frame.

The entire separation of satellites is expected to take place in two hours after lift-off.

The Earth Observation Satellite-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series.

This is to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.