<p>In its first space mission in nearly a year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with the Earth observation EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites. This is the PSLV’s 51st mission.</p>.<p>The last time ISRO launched a satellite from Indian soil was on December 11, 2019, when the earth observation RISAT-2BR1 was placed in orbit. In January this year, the space agency had launched the GSAT-30 from French Guiana.</p>.<p>Launched at 3.12 pm on Saturday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, the EOS-01 is designed to provide satellite support in agriculture, forestry and disaster management. In a tweet, ISRO informed that the nine customer satellites were launched under a commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department of Space.</p>.<p>Among the customer satellites, one is from Lithuania for technology demonstration, four from Luxembourg for maritime applications and four from the United States for multi-mission remote sensing.</p>.<p>The synthetic aperture radars onboard EOS-01 are designed to capture high-resolution images of the terrain. Radar imaging is unaffected by weather changes. High wave-length signals from the radars are capable of penetrating even dense tree covers.</p>
<p>In its first space mission in nearly a year, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) with the Earth observation EOS-01 and nine other foreign satellites. This is the PSLV’s 51st mission.</p>.<p>The last time ISRO launched a satellite from Indian soil was on December 11, 2019, when the earth observation RISAT-2BR1 was placed in orbit. In January this year, the space agency had launched the GSAT-30 from French Guiana.</p>.<p>Launched at 3.12 pm on Saturday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, the EOS-01 is designed to provide satellite support in agriculture, forestry and disaster management. In a tweet, ISRO informed that the nine customer satellites were launched under a commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department of Space.</p>.<p>Among the customer satellites, one is from Lithuania for technology demonstration, four from Luxembourg for maritime applications and four from the United States for multi-mission remote sensing.</p>.<p>The synthetic aperture radars onboard EOS-01 are designed to capture high-resolution images of the terrain. Radar imaging is unaffected by weather changes. High wave-length signals from the radars are capable of penetrating even dense tree covers.</p>
