Thursday’s launch was initially deliberate in April or May this 12 months however the train was postponed as a result of second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
The 26-hour countdown for the launch of earth remark satellite onboard GSLV-F10 commenced right here on Wednesday, Indian Space Research Organisation stated.
The launch of the satellite could be the second for ISRO in 2021 after its profitable mission in February, which was Brazil’s earth remark satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passenger satellites.
Thursday’s launch was initially deliberate in April or May this 12 months however the train was postponed as a result of second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Countdown for the launch of GSLV-F10/EOS-03 mission commenced today at 0343 hours from Satish Dhawan Space Centre”, Sriharikota, the Bengaluru-headquartered house company stated in a notification.
The earth remark satellite would supply actual time photos of the nation and borders and in addition in a position to fast monitor of pure disasters.
“The state-of-the-art agile Earth Observation satellite EOS-03 will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10. Subsequently, the satellite will reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system”, ISRO stated in one other notification.
The mission was the primary flight of GSLV with a 4 metre dia Ogive Payload fairing that may accommodate bigger payloads, ISRO stated.
According to ISRO, the filling of propellant for the liquid strap-on motors situated on the edges of the rocket has been accomplished.
The lift-off is scheduled at 05.43 am from the second launch pad at Sriharikota about 100kms from Chennai and the separation of the earth remark satellite 03 was anticipated to happen after 19 minutes.
The goal of the mission was to supply close to actual time imaging of massive space area at frequent intervals; for fast monitoring of pure disasters, episodic occasions and procure spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, water our bodies in addition to for catastrophe warning, cyclone monitoring, cloud burst and thunderstorm monitoring.
The mission life is 10 years, ISRO stated. Previous launches of GSLV embrace the GSLV-MkIII-M1/Chandrayaan-2 mission on July 2019 whereas GSLV-F11 efficiently positioned GSAT-7A in December 2018.
The earlier earth remark satellite was launched by ISRO in November 2020 onboard a polar satellite launch automobile.
“PSLV-C49 successfully placed the EOS-01 on November 7, 2020. The mission objective was a disaster management system, earth observation. It was intended for applications in agriculture, forestry and disaster management support,” ISRO stated.
