It will allow monitoring of pure disasters, water our bodies, crops, forest cowl adjustments and many others.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an Earth Observation (*12*) on August 12 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, at Sriharikota. The launch has been scheduled at 5.43 a.m.
The satellite, EOS-03, can be carried on board the 14th flight of the GSLV, the GSLV-F10, and can place the satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The satellite will attain the ultimate geostationary orbit utilizing its onboard propulsion system, ISRO mentioned.
A 4-metre diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing is being flown for the primary time on this GSLV flight, ISRO mentioned.
The EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile satellite that will allow real-time monitoring of pure disasters similar to floods and cyclones, monitoring of water our bodies, crops, vegetation situation, forest cowl adjustments amongst others.
Union Minister of State for the Department of Space, Jitendra Singh, not too long ago knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha that EOS-03 is able to imaging the entire nation 4 to 5 occasions every single day.
This will solely be the second launch for ISRO in 2021 as work has been hit by the COVID-19 restrictions. In February this yr, the house company launched Brazil’s earth observation satellite Amazonia-1 together with 18 different co-passenger satellites on board the PSLV C-51.
