An Indian rocket developed by ISRO launched two Singaporean satellites into low Earth orbit on April 22nd. ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)  took off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying an Earth-observation satellite and a communications tech-demonstrating craft. The rocket deployed the two spacecraft as planned about 20 minutes after launch. The vehicle placed TeLEOS-2 and LUMELITE-4 satellites precisely into their intended 586 km circular orbit in a textbook launch, according to ISRO. India’s launch marked the 57th flight of PSLV and the 16th mission using the PSLV Core Alone configuration, the lightest version of the launch vehicle … Continue reading India Flawlessly Launches Singapore’s Two Advanced Satellites Into Orbit With ISRO’s Rocket