ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C38 carrying Cartosat-2
ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C38 carrying Cartosat-2 series satellite
Marching another step forward in the space technology, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday successfully launched PSLV-C38 rocket carrying 712 kg Cartosat-2 series, a remote sensing satellite.
The rocket took off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at 9.29 am from the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 100 km from the north off Chennai.
The PSLV-C38, which is also carrying 29 co-passenger satellites, injected the satellites including Cartosat-2 series into the required orbit.
Soon after the launch, ISRO chairman Chairman A.S.Kiran Kumar said Cartosat-2 series launch mission was successful. He congratulated the entire ISRO team which worked hard for the launch mission.
This will be the seventeenth flight of PSLV in ’XL’ configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors).
The primary Cartosat-2 series satellite is a remote sensing satellite, After its injection into the required orbit, the satellite will be brought to operational configuration following which it will begin providing regular remote sensing services using its panchromatic and multispectral cameras.
The imagery sent by the satellite will be useful for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and man-made features and various other land information system as well as geographical information system (GIS) applications.
The co-passenger satellites comprise 29 Nano satellites from 14 countries such as Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, United Kingdom, and the United States of America as well as one Nano satellite from India.
The total weight of all these satellites carried on-board PSLV-C38 is about 955 kg.
PSLV will lock heavy weight Cartosat-2 into orbit on Friday
It will be the 17th flight of the four-stage PSLV in the extended version with strap-on motors
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying the Cartosat-2 series satellite, along with 30 co-passenger satellites on Friday morning.
The 28-hour countdown for the PSLV- C38 mission began at 5.29 a.m. on Thursday at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
It will be the 17th flight of the four-stage PSLV in the XL (extended) version with strap-on motors.
The rocket weighing 320 tonnes at lift-off uses solid propellant for the first and third stage and the strap-ons, while the second and fourth stage use liquid propellant.
30 other satellites
The 31 satellites, together weighing 955 kg, will be lifted into a 505-km polar sun synchronous orbit.
“This will be the second highest number of satellites to be launched by ISRO using a single rocket”, says PSLV project director B. Jayakumar. In February this year, the PSLV-C37 mission launched 104 satellites into orbit, in a milestone achievement.
The Cartosat-2 earth observation satellite, weighing 712 kg, is the primary payload aboard PSLV-C38 and will be the first to be injected into orbit, 16 minutes from lift-off. The imagery provided by the satellite will be used for cartographic applications, coastal land use and regulation, road network monitoring, water distribution, land use mapping and geographical information system applications.
Cartosat-2 is designed for a lifespan of five years, according to ISRO.
14 countries
The PSLV-C38 payload includes a nano satellite designed and developed by the Noorul Islam University in Kanyakumari district.
The rest of the payload comprises 29 nano satellites from 14 countries — Austria, Belgium, Chile, the Czech republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, United Kingdom and the U.S.
They are being launched as part of the commercial pact between the Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, and the international customers.
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