India is set to launch a Singapore-made satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) capable of taking images under all weather conditions, on 30 July. The Indian rocket PSLV-C56 will put into orbit a DS-SAR satellite, along with six co-passenger Singaporean satellites, from the first launch pad of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Sriharikota spaceport at 6:30 am on Sunday.
According to ISRO, the DS-SAR satellite is developed under a partnership between Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)—representing the Government of Singapore—and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), a global technology, defence and engineering company.
Once operational, it will be used to support the satellite imagery requirements of various agencies within the Government of Singapore. ST Engineering will use it for multi-modal and higher responsiveness imagery and geospatial services. The DS-SAR carries a SAR payload developed by IAI allowing the satellite to provide for all-weather day and night coverage and the capability of imaging at one-metre resolution at full polarimetry.
“The NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a central public sector undertaking under the Department of Space (DOS), has procured the PSLV-C56 to deploy the 360-kg DS-SAR satellite and the six co-passenger satellites,” ISRO tweeted on Monday.