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ISRO’s PSLV-C52 lift-off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on February 14, 2022
ISRO Lights up the Sky Lifting off the first of its 19 missions planned for this year, ISRO successfully placed three satellites into orbit
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By Ayushee Chaudhary During the wee hours of February 14, 2022, India’s space agency launched its maiden mission of this year. The space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off at 0559 hours IST from the first launch pad at SHAR. The PSLV-C52 injected Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04, into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 6:17 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota, ISRO informed.
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After the successful completion of each of the four stages and the separation of the three satellites, ISRO’s mission control room was filled with the cheering sound of the applause. This was the 80th launch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota; 54th flight of PSLV; and the 23rd flight of PSLV in XL configuration (6 strap-on motors). This was also the first of the 19 missions including eight launch vehicle missions, seven spacecraft missions and four technology demonstrator missions
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