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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.
New Delhi: 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.
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The launch of India’s 42nd communications satellite by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be ready by03:41 pm after the completion of the fuelling process. This will be Isro’s second launch during the Covid-19 pandemic
India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its 52nd flight will put in orbit as the 42nd communications satellite which is going to coverthe entire country for disaster management and satellite internet connection.
The satellite is named as CMS-01 and it will be the first in a new series of communication satellites by India after the INSAT and the GSAT series. This will replace the current GSAT-12 in the orbit, which was launched in 2011.
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India’s Polar Satellite Vehicle streaks through the sky on the way to orbit with the CMS 1 communications satellite. Credit: ISRO
A government communications satellite to link Indian citizens with telemedicine, education, and other services rocketed into orbit Thursday on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
The CMS 1 satellite, formerly known as GSAT 12R, is on track to replace India’s GSAT 12 spacecraft in geostationary orbit providing telecom services across the Indian subcontinent and neighboring islands.
ISRO stated that this will be the 22nd flight of the PSLV in the XL category and the 52nd overall PSLV flight. This will also be the 77nd flight of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. ISRO has used multiple versions the PSLV. The PSLV can not be used again after one use and some of it will be crashed into the Indian Ocean.
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Chairman of ISRO, had announced that the newly developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carrying the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV) carrying EOS-3 will be launched after CMS-01. Other Indian satellites that are waiting in queue to be launched are the GISAT and Microsat-2A.