ISRO launched CMS-O1, the vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C50). The satellite took off at 3:41 PM from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota space station. ISRO tweeted, PSLV C50 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. CMS01 successfully separated from the fourth stage of PSLV-C50. PSLV-C50 successfully injected CMS01 communication satellite precisely in predefined orbit. The satellite is functioning very well and will be placed in a specified slot in another four days. Teams worked very well and safely under COVID-19 pandemic situation .
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) s PSLV-C50 lifted off from the Sriharikota spaceport near Chennai, and successfully placed India s 42nd communications satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) into orbit 20 minutes after lift-off. The rocket lifted at 3:41 p.m. from the second launch pad at the rocket port in Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh. After about 20 minutes into its flight, it ejected CMS-01 into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) and from there, the satellite will be taken up and positioned in the geosynchronous stationary orbit. The 44-metre-high four-staged engine, PSLV-C50, is the 22nd flight of PSLV in XL configuration (with six strap-on motors hugging the first stage). It will be the 52nd mission for India s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
Send CMS-01 is a communication satellite envisaged for providing services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum, which will include the Indian mainland, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.
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The Indian space agency said the countdown for the December 17 evening launch of communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) began at 2.41 p.m on Wednesday and the fuel for the rocket PSLV-C50 has been filled.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket s XL variant numbered as PSLV-C50.
During the countdown, the rocket and satellite systems will be checked while the liquid fuel for the rocket will also be filled.
Fuel filling for second stage of PSLV-C50 completed, says ISRO ANI | Updated: Dec 17, 2020 10:42 IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday announced that the fuel filling and oxidizer process for the second stage of PSLV-C50 has been completed Filling of fuel and oxidizer for the second stage(PS2) of #PSLVC50 completed, ISRO tweeted.
Communication satellite CMS-01 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C50) is scheduled from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR in Sriharikota today, ISRO said on Friday.
The CMS-01 is India s 42nd Communication Satellite envisaged to provide services in the Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum whose coverage will include the Indian mainland, Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.
The PSLV-C50 had a smooth blastoff, and was placed into orbit 20 minutes later.
17 Dec, 2020 - 07:36 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: The countdown before liftoff is always a heart-stopping moment during a satellite launch. And it was no different today at the Indian Space Research Organization s (ISRO s) second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The space agency s scientists looked on nervously at their old workhorse, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which had its forty second communications satellite CMS-01 as its payload. However, at 3:41 pm, the spacecraft took off as planned in an almost picture perfect, blemish-free blastoff. And even more good news was to follow: 20 minutes after launch, the satellite separated successfully from the fourth stage of the rocket and was injected into geosynchronous transfer orbit.