Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh). The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully placed Earth observation satellite EOS-04 and two smaller satellites into space orbit through PSLV-C52 as part of its first launch mission of 2022. ISRO has described it as an “amazing achievement”.
The space agency’s launch vehicle PSLV took off for space at 5:59 am and placed all the three satellites in the space orbit. Scientists closely monitoring the first mission of the year expressed happiness and applause.
Announcing the successful launch, ISRO said after a flight of about 19 minutes, the launch vehicle placed the satellites in the designated orbit. It said that EOS-04, Inspire Sat-1 and INS-2TD were placed in synchronous polar orbit of the Sun at 6.17 am and the orbits in which the satellites were placed were “very close” to the prescribed orbits. ‘ Is.
ISRO’s ‘Telemetry Tracking and Command Network’ said that the satellite will be brought to the final operational position in the coming days, after which it will start providing data. 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, along with the satellites INSPIRE SAT-1 and INS-2TD.
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 great.” The solar panels are deployed themselves and they have started delivering the desired energy. He said, “In a few days the satellite will start giving pictures of the earth. Its services will be an integral part of many government departments. EOS-04 is 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 endeavor.”
Earlier, a 25-and-a-half hour countdown for today’s launch had begun 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. The age of this satellite is 10 years. The satellite, launched from the U R Rao Satellite Center in Bangalore, 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 ‘PSLV-XL configuration’ with 6 PSOM-XL (strap-on motors).
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