The PSLV-C52 of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was successfully launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

At 5.59 a.m., the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, carrying the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04) and two additional co-passenger satellites, launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre's first launch pad in Sriharikota, after a 25-hour countdown that began a day prior to the launch.

This was also the space agency's first mission launch in 2022, as well as the PSLV's 54th and 23rd flights in XL form.

At 6.17 a.m., the launch vehicle placed the Earth Observation Satellite into its targeted orbit.

Meanwhile, ISRO chairman S Somanath commended the crew on the precision with which the mission was successfully completed.

The U R Rao Satellite Centre developed a radar imaging satellite that can deliver high-quality images in all weather circumstances for applications in diverse sectors. It has also carried two other tiny satellites, a student satellite (INSPIREsat-1) and a technological demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD).

The PSLV-C52 is designed to place an earth observation satellite (EOS-04) into a sun-synchronous orbit of 529 km, weighing roughly 1710 kg. The mission will also carry two other satellites as co-passengers: an Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology student spacecraft (INSPIREsat-1) and an ISRO technology demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD).

The earth observation satellite, or EOS-04, is a radar imaging satellite that is meant to produce high-quality photographs in all weather circumstances for use in a variety of industries such as agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology, and flood mapping.

The first INSPIREsat-1 was developed by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, with contributions from NTU Singapore and NCU Taiwan.

The other is an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD), which is a predecessor to the India-Bhutan Joint Satellite (INS-2B). Its payload is a thermal imaging camera, which will help measure land surface temperature, water surface temperature of wetlands or lakes, vegetation demarcation (crops and forests), and thermal inertia (day and night).

Meanwhile, the satellite's two main scientific payloads will contribute to a better understanding of ionosphere dynamics and coronal heating processes.