PSLV-C45 launched successfully with many a firsts for Isro
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 1, 2019, 12:46 ISTHighlights
- India's EMISAT satellite and 28 foreign nano satellites were on Monday successfully launched onboard Isro's PSLV from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission witnessed the Isro placing payloads in three orbits to conduct space experiments for the first time. Here are the highlights:
* The rocket, PSLV-C45, injected the 436 kg EMISAT, aimed at electromagnetic measurement, and 28 co-passenger satellites into their designated orbits, ISRO said.
* The rocket lifted off majestically in a burst of orange flames at 9.27 am from the second launch pad at spaceport at the end of the 27-hour countdown.
* The mission marks several firsts to the credit of the space agency as it would manoeuvre satellites in various orbits and orbital experiments including on maritime satellite applications.
* All the 28 customer satellites, totally weighing about 220 kgs, were released into around 504 km orbit, after the fourth stage was reignited and lowered in a complex operation lasting around two hours.
* According to Isro, this is the first time it has been envisaged to provide a micro-gravity environment for research organisations and academic institutes to perform experiments.
* The PS4-fourth stage hosts three payloads in this mission:(a) Automatic Identification System (AIS) from Isro for maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (b) Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS) from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India - to assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (c) Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS) from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) - for the structural and compositional studies of ionosphere.
* The PSLV is a four-stage engine expendable rocket with alternating solid and liquid fuel.
* The other 28 international satellites -- 25 3U type, two 6U type and one 2U type nano satellites -- are from Lithuania (two), Spain (1), Switzerland (1) and the United States (24).
* With this launch, India has successfully lifted and put into orbit 297 foreign satellites till date.
* PSLV, also used in India's two key missions -- "Chandrayan" in 2008 and Mars Orbiter in 2013, is a reliable and versatile launch vehicle for ISRO with 39 consecutive successful flights till June, 2017 and five-in-a row from January 2018.
* The Isro will also be launching two more defence satellites sometime in July or August with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). The previous launches by Isro this year include the imaging satellite Microsat-R for military purpose along with 1.2 kg Kalamsat in January onboard PSLV-C44.
* The rocket lifted off majestically in a burst of orange flames at 9.27 am from the second launch pad at spaceport at the end of the 27-hour countdown.
* The mission marks several firsts to the credit of the space agency as it would manoeuvre satellites in various orbits and orbital experiments including on maritime satellite applications.
* All the 28 customer satellites, totally weighing about 220 kgs, were released into around 504 km orbit, after the fourth stage was reignited and lowered in a complex operation lasting around two hours.
* According to Isro, this is the first time it has been envisaged to provide a micro-gravity environment for research organisations and academic institutes to perform experiments.
* The PS4-fourth stage hosts three payloads in this mission:(a) Automatic Identification System (AIS) from Isro for maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships (b) Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS) from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India - to assist amateur radio operators in tracking and monitoring position data and (c) Advanced Retarding Potential Analyser for Ionospheric Studies (ARIS) from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) - for the structural and compositional studies of ionosphere.
* The PSLV is a four-stage engine expendable rocket with alternating solid and liquid fuel.
* The other 28 international satellites -- 25 3U type, two 6U type and one 2U type nano satellites -- are from Lithuania (two), Spain (1), Switzerland (1) and the United States (24).
* With this launch, India has successfully lifted and put into orbit 297 foreign satellites till date.
* PSLV, also used in India's two key missions -- "Chandrayan" in 2008 and Mars Orbiter in 2013, is a reliable and versatile launch vehicle for ISRO with 39 consecutive successful flights till June, 2017 and five-in-a row from January 2018.
* The Isro will also be launching two more defence satellites sometime in July or August with its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). The previous launches by Isro this year include the imaging satellite Microsat-R for military purpose along with 1.2 kg Kalamsat in January onboard PSLV-C44.
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