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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the PSLV-C55 rocket at 2:19 pm today. It will fly from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with two satellites from Singapore and ISRO’s platform POEM. Both the satellites will be placed in low earth orbit. At the same time, POEM will do some testing in the vacuum of space. This is the 57th flight of PSLV.
What is POEM platform
The full form of POEM is PSLV Orbital Experimental Module. PSLV is a four stage rocket. Its three stages fall into the ocean. The last i.e. the fourth stage, which is also called PS4, after the satellite is delivered to its orbit, the garbage of space remains. Now POEM will be used to experiment on top of this.
Singapore Satellites – TeLEOS-2 and LUMELITE-4
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The Singapore government has prepared it in collaboration with the engineering students there. It will be capable of providing day-night and all-weather coverage.
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It has been built in partnership with the Infocomm Research Institute (I2R) of Singapore and the Satellite Technology and Research Center (STAR) of the National University of Singapore. It aims to enhance Singapore’s e-navigation maritime safety and benefit the global shipping community.
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