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- India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
- PSLV-C51 is the 53rd flight of PSLV and the 3rd flight of PSLV in ‘DL’ configuration (with 2 strap-on motors).
- It was also the first dedicated mission for New Space India Ltd (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO.
About
Amazonia-1
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- It is a 637-kg optical earth observation satellite of the National Institute for Space Research.
- It is powered by lithium-ion batteries and two solar arrays. It has an 850km swath and 60m resolution.
- Purpose: It will offer remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil including the analysis of diversified agriculture in the South American country.
- Significance: It is the first dedicated commercial mission of New Space India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under the Department of Space.
- It became the first Brazilian satellite to be launched from India.
- The 18 co-passenger satellites onboard PSLV-C51 includes
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- US
- Out of the 13 satellites from the U.S., one was a technology demonstration satellite and the remaining for 2-way communications and data relay.
- From India
- Five satellites belong to India including the Satish Dhawan SAT (SDSAT) built by Space Kidz India, a nano-satellite intended to study the radiation levels, space weather and demonstrate long-range communication technologies, and the UNITYsat, a combination of three satellites intended for providing radio relay services.
- US
- The UNITYsat was designed and built as a joint development by the Jeppiar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur, G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore
- Relevance for india:This particular mission is special because these five Indian satellites are coming under the new space reform announced by the Government of India.
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