Indian Space Research OrganizationPSLV-CASatish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
TeLEOS-2
Launched
April 22, 2023 · 08:50 UTC
Summary
TeLEOS-2 launched on an Indian Space Research Organization PSLV-CA from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on April 22, 2023 at 08:50 UTC. It was Indian Space Research Organization's 83rd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 6,430th orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th PSLV-CA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). POEM-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 595 × 625 km orbit inclined 9.9°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Launch of PSLV-C55 / TeLEOS-2 MissionISRO Official
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 16th PSLV-CA flight · 1st this yearIndian Space Research Organization's 83rd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 6,430th orbital launch attempt62nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
POEM-2 · NORAD 56308 · 2023-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-057A
- Epoch
- 2023-04-22 11:05:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.88455309 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0021435
- Inclination
- 9.9343°
- Ascending node
- 308.6193°
- Arg. of perigee
- 212.6165°
- Mean anomaly
- 34.4855°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 3 payloads; 3 still in orbit
- POEM-2 · NORAD 56308 · in orbit
- LUMELITE-4 · NORAD 56309 · in orbit
- TeLEOS-2 · NORAD 56310 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TeLEOS-2 is a Singaporean Earth Observation satellite built by ST Electronics (Satellite Systems). It carries a made-in-Singapore Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of providing 1 m resolution data. It will be equipped with a 500 GB onboard recorder for recording the data captured and a high speed 800 Mbps downlink.
Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
55th launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, 2nd this year · 87th from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 22, 2:20 PM GMT+5:30, in daylight
64 launches from this pad · 105 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
71 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/22/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/22/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 4/21/2023 · source
Updated launch vehicle configuration.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/18/2023 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/17/2023 · source
Adding launch window on April 22 per NOTAM A0345/23
Nosu · 4/5/2023
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/11/2023 · source
Questions
When did TeLEOS-2 launch?
TeLEOS-2 launched on April 22, 2023 at 08:50 UTC.
Where can I watch TeLEOS-2?
Coverage: Launch of PSLV-C55 / TeLEOS-2 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched TeLEOS-2?
PSLV-CA, flown by Indian Space Research Organization. PSLV-CA spec sheet
Where did TeLEOS-2 launch from?
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India. Liftoff was Apr 22, 2:20 PM GMT+5:30 local time at the pad.
What orbit did TeLEOS-2 reach?
POEM-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 595 × 625 km orbit inclined 9.9°.
How many satellites did TeLEOS-2 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
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