TESLA owner Elon Musk on Sunday congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully launching the PSLV-C55 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Taking to Twitter, Musk responded to the tweet by ISRO about the successful mission and wrote, "Congratulations".

ISRO on Sunday said that it completed the launch at 14:19 hours IST. Meanwhile, the chief of the space agency also talked about the same and said the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle once again in its 57th flight demonstrated its reliability and suitability for commercial launch.

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"This was a mission towards the east direction. and the inclination is 9.9 degrees, very precise. PSLV in its 57th flight has once again demonstrated its high reliability and suitability for the commercial missions of this class," said the ISRO chief.

"This is the fifth launch in this edition. This rocket launch is being carried out with eight small payloads and we have prayed for the success of this launch," the ISRO chairman said on Friday when he visited Goddesses Chengalamma Temple in Sullurpeta town of Tirupati district.

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This launch also has significance as far as the Indian space startup ecosystem is concerned as NSIL'S ( NewSpace India Limited) dedicated commercial rocket carried the two Singapore satellites as main payloads and seven non-separating payloads belonging to ISRO, Indian Institute of Astrophysics and startups Bellatrix and Dhruva Space.

The mission was conducted through NSIL with TeLEOS-2 as the primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite. The weight of both the satellites, which belong to Singapore, were about 741 kg and 16 kg, respectively, and are intended to be launched into an Eastward low inclination orbit, ISRO said.

The mission has the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM), where the spent PS4 stage of the launch vehicle would be utilized as an orbital platform to carry out scientific experiments through non-separating payloads. The payloads belong to ISRO/Department of Space, Bellatrix, Dhruva Space, and Indian Institute of Astrophysics, the space agency stated.

(With ANI inputs)


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