The countdown to the launch of the PSLV-C51 / Amazonia-1 mission begins on Saturday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

 ISRO PSLV-C51 launched on February 28th with the Brazilian Amazonia-1 satellite on board

 PSLV-C51

This will be the 53rd mission for PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle).

 The countdown to the launch of PSLVC51 / Amazonia-1 mission began today at 08:54 AM from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.The launch is scheduled for tomorrow at 10:24 am, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)) said .

The primary Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 satellites combined aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C51) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) Sriharikota Range (SHAR) on Feb 28, Indian Space Research organization said ( ISRO) here on Thursday.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C51), the 53rd mission of PSLV, will launch Amazonia-1 from Brazil as the primary satellite and will launch 18 joint passenger satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 10:24 am Sunday.

 PSLV-C51 / Amazonia-1 is the first commercial mission assigned to NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a subsidiary of the Indian government under the Ministry of Space. is performing this task under a commercial arrangement with Spaceflight USA.

Amazonia-1 is the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) optical Earth observation satellite. This satellite will enhance the existing architecture by providing remote sensing data for users to monitor deforestation in the Amazon region and analyze diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory.

The 18-passenger satellites include four IN-SPACe (three UNITYsats from the consortium of three Indian Academic Institutes and one Satish Dhawan Sat from Space Kidz India) and 14 from NSIL.