Singapore will be launching six satellites in India tomorrow to help in areas like urban planning and disaster management across Southeast Asia. The launch, of the rocket carrying the six satellites, will take about 20 minutes. To achieve a speed of seven kilometres per second, it will have to be loaded with tonnes of energy. This also helps the rocket fight gravity. Shortly after the launch, the rocket will throw out extra weight, such as solid fuel casings. <br/><br/>These casings can weigh seven tonnes. When it reaches 550 kilometres from the earth's surface, it will launch the satellites, one after another, 30 seconds apart, to avoid collision. That would set a distance of about 20 kilometres between them. The satellites are made by the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University, as well as commercial company ST Electronics. For the first time, the satellites will orbit around the equator, gathering data that will benefit those in the equatorial region. They will also produce more frequent images.

Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will launch six Singapore satellites from Sriharikota tomorrow.<br/>The six satellites riding piggyback on PSLV-C29, to be launched from the first launch pad, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota is scheduled for lift off at 6.00 pm tomorrow.<br/><br/>ISRO said, the 59-hour-countdown for the of PSLV-C29/TeLEOS-1 Mission began at 7.00 am yesterday and was progressing normally.<br/><br/>The Mission Readiness Review committee and Launch Authorisation Board have cleared the countdown.<br/><br/>ISRO said the filling of propellant in PS4 stage (fourth stage) were completed yesterday.<br/><br/>ISRO would launch the six satellites into a 550 km circular orbit inclined at 15 degrees to the equator. It is using its trusted workhorse PSLV which is on its 32nd flight<br/>in 'core-alone' configuration without the use of solid strap-on motors.<br/><br/>Of the six satellites, TeLEOS-1 is the primary satellite weighing 400 kgs whereas the other five satellites include two micro-satellites and three nano-satellites.<br/><br/>TeLEOS-1 is the first Singapore commercial earth observation satellite.It would be launched into a low Earth orbit for "remote sensing" applications.<br/><br/>Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO, has provided launch services in PSLV for 51 customer satellites from 20 countries so far.

Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will launch six Singapore satellites from Sriharikota tomorrow.<br/>The six satellites riding piggyback on PSLV-C29, to be launched from the first launch pad, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota is scheduled for lift off at 6.00 pm tomorrow.<br/><br/>ISRO said, the 59-hour-countdown for the of PSLV-C29/TeLEOS-1 Mission began at 7.00 am yesterday and was progressing normally.<br/><br/>The Mission Readiness Review committee and Launch Authorisation Board have cleared the countdown.<br/><br/>ISRO said the filling of propellant in PS4 stage (fourth stage) were completed yesterday.<br/><br/>ISRO would launch the six satellites into a 550 km circular orbit inclined at 15 degrees to the equator. It is using its trusted workhorse PSLV which is on its 32nd flight<br/>in 'core-alone' configuration without the use of solid strap-on motors.<br/><br/>Of the six satellites, TeLEOS-1 is the primary satellite weighing 400 kgs whereas the other five satellites include two micro-satellites and three nano-satellites.<br/><br/>TeLEOS-1 is the first Singapore commercial earth observation satellite.It would be launched into a low Earth orbit for "remote sensing" applications.<br/><br/>Antrix Corporation Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO, has provided launch services in PSLV for 51 customer satellites from 20 countries so far.