{"id":253378,"date":"2023-07-25T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253378"},"modified":"2023-07-25T20:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:13:26","slug":"isro-to-launch-pslv-c56-carrying-singapores-new-imaging-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-to-launch-pslv-c56-carrying-singapores-new-imaging-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore\u2019s new imaging satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore\u2019s new imaging satellite\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0published in<\/span><b> The Hindu on 25th July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) mission?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PSLV-C56 will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will carry Singapore&#8217;s DS-SAR satellite and six other satellites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>DS-SAR satellite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been developed under a partnership between DSTA, representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The satellite carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Once operational, the DS-SAR will support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Singapore government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Six other satellites:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The six other satellites include <\/span><b>1) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VELOX-AM, a 23 kg technology demonstration microsatellite<\/span><b> 2) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARCADE, an experimental satellite <\/span><b>3) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCOOB-II, a 3U nanosatellite with a technology demonstrator payload <\/span><b>4) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NuLIoN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless IoT connectivity in both urban and remote locations <\/span><b>5) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite set to orbit at low earth orbit and <\/span><b>6) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORB-12 STRIDER, a satellite developed under international collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore\u2019s new imaging satellite\u201d \u00a0published in The Hindu on 25th July 2023. What is the News? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) mission. What is the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) mission? PSLV-C56 will&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-to-launch-pslv-c56-carrying-singapores-new-imaging-satellite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 carrying Singapore\u2019s new imaging satellite<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-253378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}