The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch PSLV-54/ EOS-06 mission with Oceansat-3 and eight nanosatellites on board from Sriharikota spaceport on November 26.
The launch is scheduled at 11.56 am on Saturday, said the national space agency headquartered here.
Asked about the passengers aboard the rocket, a senior ISRO official told PTI on Sunday: ”EOS-06 (Oceansat-3) plus eight nano satellites (BhutanSat, ’Anand’ from Pixxel, Thybolt two numbers from Dhruva Space, and Astrocast – four numbers from Spaceflight USA).
India successfully launched its first privately-developed rocket, the Vikram-S, on November 18. Skyroot Aerospace, a private Indian space start-up, launched its Vikram-S suborbital vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Centre of ISRO, in Sriharikota.
Earlier this month, Agnikul received a flight termination system from the Indian Space Research Organisation, the first-ever such transfer for a launch vehicle developed by the private sector.
On Friday, ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre conducted the Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT) of its crew module deceleration system for the much-awaited maiden Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme at the Babina Field Fire Range (BFFR) in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.
The IMAT marks a significant milestone toward realising the nation's ambitious Gaganyaan project, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.
The Gaganyaan deceleration system consists of three main parachutes, besides the smaller ACS, pilot, and drogue parachutes, to reduce the speed of the crew module to safe levels during its landing, the space agency said.
Two of the three main chutes are sufficient to land the astronauts on earth, and the third is redundant, ISRO said adding that the IMAT test simulated the case when one main chute failed to open.
The IMAT test is the first in a series of integrated parachute airdrop tests planned to simulate different failure conditions of the parachute system before it is deemed qualified to be used in the first human spaceflight mission.
