Adding vibrant to the Satallite space, India will send its first space mission in almost a year with a launch of EOS-01, an earth observation satellite, Saturday afternoon. EOS-01, together with nine satellites from foreign countries, would be launched by a PSLV rocket shortly after 3 pm.
The 26-hour countdown for the rocket launch began on Friday from the first launch pad. The satellite can take pictures day and night and will be useful for surveillance as well as civilian activities. The nine foreign satellites are from Lithuania, Luxembourg and the US. ISRO will be using the PSLV rocket`s DL variant that will have two strap-on booster motors. This rocket variant was used the first time to put into trajectory Microsat R satellite on January 24, 2019.
The PSLV is a four-stage/engine rocket powered by solid and liquid fuels alternatively with six booster motors strapped on to the first stage to give higher thrust during the initial flight moments.
After PSLV-C49, the next one to fly will be PSLV-C50 with the GSAT-12R satellite, which will fly from the second launch pad, S. Somanath, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), had told IANS earlier. He said: "We are targeting PSLV-C50 sometime in December. It needs about 30 days to get ready for another launch after one launch."
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