PSLV- C51/ Amazonia-1,
Launched on 28 February 2021 is the Latest PSLV
The latest indigenous satellite launched by the
Indian space research organization is
PSLV-%/Amazonia from the station
Satish Dhawan space center, Sriharikota. The chairperson of the ISRO during this launch was
Dr. K. Siwan, after successfully completing the mission, he congratulated all the members of ISRO For the lift of these vehicles. The SDSC SHAR launch pad was used. Which was the new one of its own kind. The lift was done as scheduled at
10:24 hours (IST) which was included in the planning of the
ISRO.
After spending the
17 minutes in the flight it injected the
Amazonia-1 into its orbit that was planned. After the passing of the succeeding time of
1Hr 38 minutes, all the
18
passengers’ satellites were separated as they were predetermined in the sequence. In this historian launch one satellite which belonged to
Brazil, Mr. Siwan heartily congratulated the Brazilian minister for the firstly indigenous satellite
that was built, designed, integrated, and operated by Brazil.
In the response of
Mr. Siwan, the
Brazilian minister H. E. Marcos Cesar Pontes also congratulated the ISRO for conducting such a huge launch at one time. He also
emphasized the importance of partnership between India and Brazil
and said that they are looking forward to strengthening ties with India.
This PSLV-C51/Amazonia is the first dedicated commercial mission of new space India Limited (NSIL). The passenger satellite that was carried out by the PSLV –C51/Amazonia includes four satellites from IN-Space and fourteen from NSIL. In the fourteen satellites of NSIL, 1 was from India, and 13 were from the USA.