ISRO's PSLV Successfully Places Two European Satellites Into Orbit | Vantage With Palki Sharma

ISRO's PSLV Successfully Places Two European Satellites Into Orbit | Vantage With Palki Sharma

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C59 rocket from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. “The PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 mission is successfully accomplished. The spacecraft has been placed in the right orbit,” ISRO Chairman S. Somanath said. The mission aims to demonstrate the advanced precision formation flying, with two mini-satellites— the Coronagraph Spacecraft (CSC) and the Occulter Spacecraft (OSC)—flying in tandem.

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