Bengaluru, Nov 20: The Indian Area Analysis Organisation will launch PSLV-C54/ EOS-06 mission with Oceansat-3 and eight nano satellites, together with one from Bhutan, on board from Sriharikota spaceport on November 26.
The launch is scheduled at 11.56 am (rpt 11.56 am) on Saturday, stated the nationwide house company headquartered right here.
Requested concerning the passengers aboard the rocket, a senior ISRO official advised PTI on Sunday: “EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) plus eight nano satellites (BhutanSat, ‘Anand’ from Pixxel, Thybolt two numbers from Dhruva Area, and Astrocast – 4 numbers from Spaceflight USA).
The Indian house company is gearing up for launching the subsequent set of 36 satellites of the UK-based Community Entry Related Ltd (OneWeb) in January 2023 by testing the essential cryogenic engine of its rocket LVM3.
The orbiting of first set to 36 satellites occurred efficiently on Oct 23 from Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh with LVM3 rocket also called Geosynchronous Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile MkIII (GSLV MkIII).
In keeping with the Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO), the flight acceptance sizzling check of a CE-20 engine was efficiently carried out for a period of 25 seconds within the Excessive Altitude Check facility of ISRO Propulsion Complicated at Mahendragiri.
This engine is earmarked for the LVM3-M3 mission recognized for the launch of the subsequent set of 36 numbers of OneWeb India-1 satellites, ISRO stated.
The cryogenic higher stage of the LVM3 automobile (C25 stage) is powered by a CE-20 engine working with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen (LOX-LH2) propellants mixture. This engine develops a nominal thrust of 186.36 kN in vacuum.
The foremost targets of the flight acceptance check had been to verify the integrity of the {hardware}, evaluation of subsystems’ efficiency and tune the engine for assembly the mission necessities parameters for engine tuning for flight operation.
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