At 6:31 a.m., the PSLV-C56, carrying the DS-SAR satellite and six other passengers, launched from Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Center.
“PSLV-C56 has successfully put seven satellites, including the satellite DS-SAR and six co-passengers, in the proper orbit. After the mission’s successful launch, ISRO Chairman S. Somnath said, “This is a PSLV mission for New Space India Limited (NSIL). I want to congratulate the customers sponsored by the Government of Singapore for having this mission onboard PSLV and their continued faith in our launch vehicle for deploying their spacecraft. A collaboration between ST Engineering and DSTA, representing the Singaporean government, led to the creation of the DS-SAR satellite. It had utilised to assist the satellite imagery needs of various entities within the Singaporean government as it is installed and operational. For their commercial clients, ST Engineering will use it to provide multi-modal, more responsive images and geospatial services.