ISRO had successfully launched three Singapore satellites onboard along with PSLV-C53. Well, New Space India Limited (NSIL) is considered to be the commercial arm of ISRO. 

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ISRO's latest launch is marked as the second successful mission
It has launched three Singapore satellites onboard along with PSLV-C53
All three satellites got placed in the right orbit

On Thursday, ISRO launched all three foreign satellites in the precise orbit from the spaceport here. It is, therefore, marked as the second successful mission conducted within a week.

S Somanath, the Chairman of ISRO, has confirmed that the mission successfully conducted this week has achieved its intended objective. He added that the rocket has placed all the three customer satellites 'in the precise orbit of 570 km with a 10-degree inclination.' Later, he congratulated NSIL for accomplishing 'yet another major mission is going to be held this month itself,' last week it was the GSAT launch which was another success for ISRO. 

PSLV-C53 has been the second-most dedicated commercial mission of NSIL. On June 23, GSAT-24 launched the first 'demand-driven' communication satellite mission that post space sector reforms, which has leased the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play.

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On Thursday, the four-stage, 44.4 meters tall PSLV-C53 got blasted off from its second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, and later, it placed the three Singapore satellites--DS-EO, NeuSAR, and SCOOB-1 in its intended orbit.

'With today's successful mission, all of these three satellites are placed in the right orbit,' he said. This latest successful launch is described as 'wonderful' according to Mission Director SR Biju. 

This has been the 55th mission of PSLV, mostly described as ISRO's trusted workhorse and the 15th one has been using the PSLV-Core Alone variant. It even marks the future launch of the 16th PSLV from the second launch pad. According to ISRO, the mission is designed to orbit the DS-EO satellite with its other two co-passenger satellites. The mission would take place from ST Electronics, Singapore, and proposes to demonstrate the ultimate utilization of the spent upper stage of the launch vehicle which is then stabilized platform for scientific payloads, and therefore, after the separation of the satellites. 

DS-EO weighs 365 kg while NeuSAR weighs 155 kg as a satellite. Both satellites belong to Singapore and Starec Initiative of the Republic of Korea is a manufacturer of them. While the third satellite, SCOOB-1 of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, weighs 2.8 kgs. PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) DS-EO has been carrying an Electro-Optic, multi-spectral payload that would provide full-color images for land classification and serve Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief needs. POEM uses solar panels to derive power from it and is mounted around the PS4 tank and a Li-Ion battery. It carries almost six payloads, including two from Indian Space Start-ups M/s Digantara and M/s Dhruva Space, enabled through IN-SPACe and NSIL. 

NeuSAR, Singapore's first small commercial satellite, has been carrying a SAR payload that is capable of getting images to be it day and night and in all weather conditions.

SCOOB-I is the first in the Student Satellite Series (S3-I), a hands-on student training program from the Satellite Research Centre (SaRC) at Singapore's NTU School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

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