ISRO to launch 7 Singaporean satellites on July 30

Chennai The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching seven Singaporean satellites on July 30 using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

ISRO will start the registration of the public wanting to witness the launch from Monday evening onwards. According to the space agency, the PSLV rocket with the code PSLV-C56 will carry the Singaporean DS-SAR satellite weighing about 360 kg as the main passenger.

The other six co-passengers are small satellites - VELOX-AM, ARCADE, SCOOB-II are from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; NuLIoN belonging to NuSpace Pte Ltd, Singapore, Galassia-2 from National University of Singapore and ORB-12 STRIDER from Aliena Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

ISRO said the PSLV-C56 rocket is configured in its core-alone mode -- without the additional strap-on motors to give additional thrust during the initial flight stage.

It would launch the DS-SAR satellite into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO) at 5 degrees inclination and 535 km altitude. The DS-SAR satellite is developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the government of Singapore) and ST Engineering.