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Thursday the 30th of June 2022 marked yet another milestone for ISRO as country’s second dedicated commercial mission blasted-off into space launching three commercial satellites in a single shot.
At 6.02 pm India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C 53 placed three satellites from Singapore from the SHAR Range.
This was the second dedicated commercial mission of the space agency’s commercial arm NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
According to ISRO, after a smooth 25 hour countdown during which propellant filling operations were taken up in the launch vehicle and after the Automatic Launch Sequence (ALS) was initiated, the 44.4 m tall four stage vehicle with a lift-off mass of 228.433 tonnes, took off majestically from the Second Launch Pad at 1802 hrs and placed all the three satellites into their desired orbit.
