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03 March 2021
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) today successfully launched Amazonia-1, a Brazilian satellite for earth observation, and 18 other small satellites, in what is termed as the state-run space agency’s first dedicated commercial mission.
Isro’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-51 lifted off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, as planned, at 10:24 hours (IST). After a flight of about 17 minutes 23 seconds, the vehicle injected Amazonia-1 into its intended orbit and in the succeeding 1 hour 38 minutes, all the 18 co-passenger satellites successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence.
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First time private company given such an assignment: company CMD
City based domestic aerospace firm Ananth Technologies Limited (ATL) has played a key role in the successful launch of the recent Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) by carrying out sub-assemblies and testing of various flight systems in different stages.
“This is for the first time ISRO has availed our services for stage integration and checkout. In a way this has mainstreamed the role of private sector of the country in crucial space sector activities,” said founder-chairman-managing director P. Subba Rao in press release on Tuesday.
CM KCR Congratulates ISRO On Successful Launch Of PSLV-C51 Mar 02, 2021, 10:39 IST
Hyderabad: Telangana Prime Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the successful launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C51 / Amazonia-1 mission.
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the successful launch of Brazil s Amazonia-1 satellite by ISRO s PSLV-C51. Rao said ISRO has proved to be one of the world s leading space research organizations. He congratulated the scientists, engineers, other technical staff, and employees of the ISRO for the success. The CM said that with the launch of PSLV-C51, ISRO is one of the largest leading organizations in the world.
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On February 27, India along with the United States launched a Brazilian Earth observation satellite along with 18 passenger satellites. Indian Space and Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying Amazonia-1 and 18 smaller satellites into space using a ‘DL’ variant that has two strap-on boosters.
After the launch, ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said, “The satellite is in very good health. The solar panels have deployed and it is functioning very nicely.”
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said in its description that Amazonia-1 is optimized to peer at the cloud-covered region of its namesake, the Amazon forest, since it has infrared capabilities that allow it to look at the forest cover regardless of the weather. Brazil plans to use the satellite for ‘alert deforestation’ in the region.
India observes February 28 as National Science Day. It commemorates C V Raman’s discovery of the scattering of light, later named as the Raman effect after him.
For this he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, the first Asian to win it in science. We may remember that the first Asian to be awarded any Nobel Prize was also an Indian, Rabindranath Tagore, who won it for Literature in 1913.
Born in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu in 1888, Raman showed signs of precocity and genius from childhood. He passed his matriculation at the age of 11, graduated from Presidency College, Madras, at 16, obtained his Masters in another two years, and, in 1917, before he was 30, became the first Palit Professor of Physics at the Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta.