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Indian rocket launches Brazilian satellite to track Amazon deforestation

February 28, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed Brazil’s Amazonia 1 satellite into orbit Sunday to begin a mission monitoring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, then released 18 smaller spacecraft at a lower altitude, marking a successful start to India’s 2021 launch schedule that could see as many as seven orbital-class rocket missions.

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Live coverage: Indian PSLV lifts off with 19 satellites

February 27, 2021 Stephen Clark

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 11:54 p.m. EST Saturday (0454 GMT Sunday) with Brazil’s Amazonia 1 Earth observation satellite and 18 smaller co-passenger spacecraft.

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Indian rocket set for liftoff with Brazilian satellite

February 26, 2021 Stephen Clark

A Brazilian satellite designed to track deforestation in the Amazon rainforest will rocket into orbit on top of an Indian launcher late Saturday (U.S. time).

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Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flies in new configuration

January 28, 2019 Stephen Clark

An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Jan. 24 in a new, intermediate configuration with two strap-on solid rocket boosters, providing a lift capability between the PSLV’s previous variants with zero or six side-mounted rocket motors.

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India debuts new version of workhorse PSLV

January 24, 2019 Stephen Clark

A new variant of India’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two strap-on solid rocket boosters and an upper stage converted into an experiment-carrying platform debuted Thursday with a launch into polar orbit.

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  • Live coverage: SpaceX countdown at Vandenberg aborted at T-minus 3 seconds
    March 30, 2023
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    March 29, 2023
  • First launch for Pentagon’s own mega-constellation set for Thursday
    March 29, 2023
  • SpaceX launches another bundle of Starlink internet satellites
    March 29, 2023
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    March 28, 2023
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