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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch an Earth Observation satellite, as well as 30 micro and nano satellites from eight other countries, on Thursday at 09:58. The 16-hour countdown began Wednesday night.
The 31 satellites will be launched in two different orbits by the Indian launcher of polar satellites (PSLV C43) during its 45th flight.
HySIS), will help ISRO to monitor pollution from industries.
The satellite will also have other applications in the fields of agriculture, forestry, geology, coastal areas and inland waters.
"The satellite will observe the surface of the earth and provide all data on soil, water, vegetation and others. Scientists can choose what they want, but pollution monitoring will be possible, "said an unnamed ISRO official.
The satellite, weighing nearly 380 kg, will be placed on 636 km solar synchro polar orbit, where the satellite pbades over a given geographical area of the Earth when the sun is tilted.The satellite will have a mission life of five years [19659007Thelauncherwillalsoincludeamicrosatellatand29nanotellabitsfromAustraliaCanadaColombiaFinlandMalaysiatheNetherlandsSpainandtheUnitedStates1micro-satelliteand22nano-satellitesarefromtheUnitedStatesonly
To date, the PSLV has launched 52 Indian satellites and 239 international satellites from 28 countries.
The heavy communication satellite GSAT 11 is meanwhile Launch of Kourou (French Guiana) French) early morning of December 5th (India standard time). The satellite, weighing 5,854 kg, is too heavy to be launched by an Indian launcher
The heaviest launcher in India, GSLV Mk III, can carry a payload of only 4 tonnes in a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
The satellite was recalled in April for "some tests" after the Indian Space Research Organization lost contact with another satellite, GSAT 6A, belonging to the same series of communications satellites.
"The tests did not reveal any flaws and the satellite is now ready to operate. "For some time there has been a consensus that the Indian Space Research Organization should have a satellite to monitor pollution. I suspect that pollution monitoring is not the primary focus of the satellite but will improve the accuracy of vegetation monitoring and mineralogical data, "said Dr. Sagnik Dey of the Indian Institute. Delhi (IIT), which has been working on pollution. satellite data from NASA.
First published: Nov. 28, 2018 23:44 IST
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