ISRO adds another feather to its cap with POEM-3 success
Hindustan TimesThe Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully achieved all its experiments to be performed on its orbital platform launched recently by PSLV-C58 mission. With the likely re-entry of POEM-3 in the next 75 days, the PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission will be leaving zero debris in space," ISRO said in an X post on Saturday. ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre had two payloads, the Fuel Cell Power System and Silicon-based High Energy Cell, onboard POEM. ISRO committed to leave no space debris During the PSLV-C58 mission, the vehicle was intentionally lowered to a 350 km circular orbit to expedite orbit decay after the experiment's completion. “Not only that, ISRO's ambitious future in-orbit services initiative is developing technologies for Satellite Refuelling, ISRO Satellite re-Servicer module, in Orbit rendezvous, capture, docking and maintenance,” he added.