Sriharikota, The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully placed its earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two smaller satellites into their orbits in space. This was ISRO’s first launch mission of 2022. The space agency’s launch vehicle PSLV-C52 took off from here at 5:59 am after a countdown of 25 hours and 30 minutes with all the three satellites.
ISRO said the critical flight activities, including propulsion, stripping of the heat shield and putting it into orbit, went as planned. After a flight of about 17 minutes 34 seconds, the three satellites were successfully entered into a 529 km sun-synchronous polar orbit and the orbits in which the satellites were placed are very close to the target orbits, the space agency said.
Bengaluru-based ISRO’s Telemetry Tracking and Command Network said the satellite would be put into operational condition in the coming days, after which it would start providing data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the astronauts by tweeting on the successful launch of PSLV C52.
The Prime Minister tweeted, “Congratulations to our space scientists on the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission. The EOS-04 satellite will provide high quality images in all weather conditions for agriculture, forestry and plantation, soil moisture and hydrology as well as flood mapping.
ISRO Chairman S Somnath said after the successful launch, “PSLV-C52/EOS-04 mission has been successfully completed. PSLV-C52 placed the primary satellite EOS-04 in a very precise orbit and along with it the satellites INSPIRE SAT-1 and INS-2TD were also placed in the correct orbit.
Incidentally, today’s launch is also the first mission after Somnath recently took over as Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of the Space Commission. Thanking everyone for making this mission possible, he said, “This spacecraft will be one of the great assets for us to serve the nation.” Mission Director SR Biju said. What we have achieved today is really wonderful.
Satellite director Srikkanth said that the EOS-04 is absolutely fine after separation from the launch vehicle and after launch the solar panels themselves are deployed and have started delivering the desired energy. He said, “In a few days the satellite will start providing pictures of the earth. Its services will be an important part of many government departments. EOS-04 has taken a small step towards realizing the country’s dream of opening up the space sector with industry participation in the form of print and test. We have succeeded in our effort. “Earlier, the countdown of 25 and a half hours for today’s launch had started at 4:29 am on Sunday.
EOS-04 is a ‘radar imaging satellite’ designed to provide high quality images in all weather conditions and in applications such as agriculture, forestry and plantation, soil moisture and hydrology and flood mapping. Its weight is 1,710 kg. This satellite will serve for 10 years. The satellite, launched from the U R Rao satellite center in Bengaluru, produces 2,280 watts of power.
PSLV also carried the INSPIRE SAT-1 satellite, which has been developed by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in collaboration with the Atmospheric and Space Physics Laboratory at the University of Colorado, Boulder, while the other satellite, INS-2TD, is a technology demonstrator satellite. Is.
The Inspire Sat-1 satellite aims to improve the understanding of the dynamics of the ionosphere and the coronal thermal processes of the Sun. Its weight is 8.1 kg. At the same time, INS-2TD weighing 17.5 kg, having a thermal imaging camera as an instrument, will allow the satellite to measure land surface temperature, water surface temperature of wetlands or lakes, vegetation (crops and forests) and thermal inertia (day and night). will assist in the assessment. This is the 54th flight of PSLV and the 23rd mission using the ‘PSLV-XL configuration’ with 6 PSOM-XL (strap-on motors).
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