NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

EOS-01 & Rideshares

Launch Time
Sat Nov 07, 2020 09:41 UTC

Rocket

PSLV-DL
ISRO
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 5,867 kN
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m

Mission Details

EOS-1

EOS-1 (Radar Imaging Satellite) are satellite imaging missions of ISRO using an active SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imager to provide continuity of service for RISAT-2. The objective of the RISAT mission is to use the all-weather as well as the day-and-night SAR observation capability in applications such as agriculture, forestry, soil moisture, geology, sea ice, coastal monitoring, object identification, and flood monitoring, but also for military surveillance.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 628.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Kleos

The KSM (Kleos Scouting Mission) satellites of Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based New Space geolocation company, will be used for a scouting mission to geolocate maritime radio to guard borders, protect assets, and save lives.

The multi-satellite system (number of satellites has not been revealed) of the Kleos Scouting Mission (KSM) will form the cornerstones of a 20-satellite constellation that will geolocate VHF transmissions from marine vessels to provide global activity-based intelligence data as a service. The Kleos Space constellation will detect radio transmissions and pinpoint their origin and timing, enabling governments and organizations to detect activity such as drug and people smuggling, illegal fishing, and piracy, and also identify those in need of search and rescue at sea.

Payloads: 4
Total Mass: 32.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Lemur-2 z1 to z4

Lemur-2 is the initial constellation of low-Earth orbiting satellites built by Spire. These satellites carry two payloads for meteorology and ship traffic tracking.

The Lemur-2 satellites carry two payloads: STRATOS GPS radio occultation payload and the SENSE AIS-receiver.

Payloads: 4
Total Mass: 16.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

M6P 2

M6P is a 6U-CubeSat project being developed by the Lithuanian NanoAvionics as a pathfinder mission for their M6P CubeSat platform. It is a ride-share mission for two customers.

During the mission, NanoAvionics will be testing their 6U (called M6P – Multipurpose 6U Platform) platform based on a modular and highly integral design that extends payload volume. The M6P will be the 4th Lithuanian-built Cubesat and a lot of knowledge and experience will be used gathered from the still active LituanicaSat-2 mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2020

89th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

76th mission
1st mission of 2020
63rd successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission

PSLV

51st mission
1st mission of 2020
48th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission