On February 28, 2021 at 04:54 UTC the PSLV-DL rocket-carrier was launched from Sriharikota spaceport (the Satish Dhawan Space Center), 80 km from Chennai, India. The rocket (PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) orbited the Brazilian “Amazônia-1” satellite to begin a mission monitoring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, then released 18 small satellites at a lower altitude.