Amid the ongoing Chandrayaan-3 mission, Isro is also preparing to launch the PSLV-C56 rocket that will carry a Singapore satellite (DS-SAR), along with six co-passenger satellites, from the first launchpad of the Sriharikota spaceport in the morning of July 30.
The space agency tweeted that Isro’s commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL) procured the PSLV-C56 to deploy the 360-kg DS-SAR satellite from DSTA & ST Engineering, Singapore.
The six co-passenger satellites are VELOX-AM, a technology demonstration micro satellite, atmospheric coupling and dynamics explorer (ARCADE), an experimental satellite, SCOOB-II, a 3U nanosatellite flying a technology demonstrator payload, NuLIoN by NuSpace, an advanced 3U nanosatellite enabling seamless IoT connectivity in both urban & remote locations, Galassia-2, a 3U nanosatellite that will be orbiting at the low earth orbit, and ORB-12 STRIDER, a satellite developed under an international collaboration, according to Isro.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) created the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payload that is carried by Singapore's DS-SAR satellite. Due to its ability to image at one meter resolution at full polarimetry, the DS-SAR can offer coverage in all weather conditions day and night.
DS-SAR is developed under a partnership between Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) representing the Government of Singapore and ST Engineering. Once deployed, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Singapore government.