Sriharikota: SRO’s PSLV C-52, carrying earth observation satellite EOS-04 along with two co-passenger payloads lifted off from the spaceport here early on Monday.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) blasted off at 05:59 am from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, at the end of a 25-hour countdown, marking the space agency’s first mission launch in 2022.
EOS-04, with a mission life of ten years, is a Radar Imaging Satellite designed to provide high-quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as Agriculture, Forestry and Plantations, Soil Moisture and Hydrology and Flood mapping.
The rocket also carried two small satellites, INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD, as co-passengers.