ISRO launches PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 mission

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C55 (PSLV-C55) carrying Singapore’s TeLEOS-2 as primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as the co-passenger satellite takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. 22 April.

“Congratulations to PSLV and NSIL for this successful launch,” ISRO Chairperson S. “Interesting things” are lined up in the near future, says Somnath

As detailed by ISRO, PSLV-C55 is a dedicated commercial PSLV mission of Newspace India Limited (NSIL), which is an international satellite customer in Singapore.

TeLEOS-2 a synthetic aperture radar satellite will be the primary satellite and Lumelite-4 a technology demonstration nano-satellite will be the co-passenger satellite. This is the 57th flight of PSLV and the 16th mission using the PSLV core alone configuration (PSLV-CA).

By Priyanka Bhowmick

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