NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch two foreign satellites on-board its most trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C42 (PSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Sunday.


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According to reports, the countdown for the launch of two earth observation satellites began at 1.08 PM on Saturday.


ISRO's trusted workhorse PSLV-C42 would be carrying the two satellites - NovaSAR and S1-4 - weighing over 800 kilograms.



The lift-off is scheduled at 10.07 PM, ISRO said in a release.



The foreign satellites, meant for forest mapping and flood and disaster monitoring, among other uses, would be released into sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 583 km, it added.


They have been developed by Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited, United Kingdom.


The mission is a commercial arrangement between the company and Antrix Corporation Limited - the commercial wing of ISRO.


This would be the 44th flight of the PSLV and the third launch by ISRO this year.


In January, PSLV-C40 launched India’s weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and PSLV-C41 launched IRNSS - 1I navigation satellite in April.