BENGALURU: Adding to its constellation of earth observation satellites, India will launch the first state-of-the art earth observation satellite Geo Imaging Satellite (Gisat-1) to be placed in the geostationary or the geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) from the spaceport in Sriharikota on March 5. The launch is scheduled for 5.43pm Thursday.
Designed to provide near real-time images of large areas of region of interest at frequent intervals, the satellite will hold the potential of even aiding the country’s armed forces to plan operations.
“Operating from geostationary orbit, GISAT-1 will facilitate near real time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud free condition, at frequent intervals,” Isro said.
Weighing 2,268 kg, the satellite will be launched by the GSLV-F10, in the 14th flight of the heavy lift rocket which is slated to even carry humans to space in 2022. This will be the 76th launch mission at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the satellite will also provide spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, mineralogy, disaster warning, cloud properties, snow, glaciers and oceanography.
It will be equipped with six-band multispectral visible & near-InfraRed imaging sensor with 42m resolution, 158-band hyper-spectral visible & near-InfraRed sensor with 318m resolution and 256-band hyper-spectral short wave-InfraRed sensor with 191m resolution.
About 18 minutes into the flight the GSLV will first place GISAT-1 in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), from where, the satellite will be taken up further firing its on-board motors to geostationary orbit.
Isro also said that a “four metre diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing (heat shield) is being flown for the first time in this GSLV flight. This is the fourteenth flight of the GSLV.
Designed to provide near real-time images of large areas of region of interest at frequent intervals, the satellite will hold the potential of even aiding the country’s armed forces to plan operations.
“Operating from geostationary orbit, GISAT-1 will facilitate near real time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud free condition, at frequent intervals,” Isro said.
Weighing 2,268 kg, the satellite will be launched by the GSLV-F10, in the 14th flight of the heavy lift rocket which is slated to even carry humans to space in 2022. This will be the 76th launch mission at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the satellite will also provide spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, mineralogy, disaster warning, cloud properties, snow, glaciers and oceanography.
It will be equipped with six-band multispectral visible & near-InfraRed imaging sensor with 42m resolution, 158-band hyper-spectral visible & near-InfraRed sensor with 318m resolution and 256-band hyper-spectral short wave-InfraRed sensor with 191m resolution.
About 18 minutes into the flight the GSLV will first place GISAT-1 in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), from where, the satellite will be taken up further firing its on-board motors to geostationary orbit.
Isro also said that a “four metre diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing (heat shield) is being flown for the first time in this GSLV flight. This is the fourteenth flight of the GSLV.
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