Bengaluru: India plans to launch on March 28 an earth remark satellite that can present it close to real-time pictures of its borders and likewise allow fast monitoring of pure disasters.
GISAT-1 is slated to be lofted into area by GSLV-F10 rocket from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district, about 100 kms north of Chennai.
“We are looking to launch this Geo imaging satellite on March 28, subject to weather conditions”, an official of the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) instructed PTI on Sunday.
The rocket will place the spacecraft in a geosynchronous orbit. It might be subsequently positioned in geostationary orbit, about 36,000 kms above earth’s equator, utilizing its onboard propulsion system.
The launch of GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 rocket was initially deliberate for March 5 final yr however postponed a day earlier than the blast-off due to technical causes.
Experts mentioned positioning the state-of-the-art agile earth remark satellite in geostationary orbit has key benefits.
“It’s going to be a game-changer in some sense for India”, a Department of Space official mentioned.
“With onboard high resolution cameras, the satellite will allow the country to monitor the Indian land mass and the oceans, particularly its borders continuously”.
Listing the goals of the mission, ISRO has earlier mentioned the satellite would offer close to real-time imaging of the massive space area of curiosity at frequent intervals.
It would assist in fast monitoring of pure disasters, episodic and any short-term occasions.
The third goal is to get hold of spectral signatures of agriculture, forestry, mineralogy, catastrophe warning, cloud properties, snow and glacier and oceanography.
GISAT-1 will facilitate close to real-time remark of the Indian sub-continent, below cloud-free situation, at frequent intervals, ISRO mentioned.
The deliberate launch of GISAT-1, weighing about 2,268 kg, comes shut on the heels of the profitable February 28 PSLV- C51 mission that orbited Brazil’s earth remark satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 co-passengers, together with 5 constructed by college students.
Secretary within the Department of Space and ISRO Chairman Ok Sivan instructed PTI final week that the technical points that led to postponement of GISAT-1 mission have been resolved and the additional delay within the launch was due to COVID-19-induced lockdown which affected regular work.
According to sources, GISAT-1 might be adopted by the maiden flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, ISRO’s compact launcher, doubtless in April.
SSLV has been designed to meet “launch on demand” necessities in a cheap method for small satellites in a devoted and ride-share mode.
It is a three-stage all strong automobile with a functionality to launch up to 500 kg satellite mass into 500 km low earth orbit (LEO) and 300 kg into Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
By comparability, PSLV — the workhorse launch automobile of ISRO — can take up to 1,750 kg payload into SSO of 600 km altitude.
With decrease per kg launch price, the mini launcher may have a number of satellite mounting choices for nano, micro and small satellites.
Sivan had earlier termed the SSLV an progressive automobile which may be assembled in simply 72 hours.
“Instead of 60 days (for building a PSLV), it (SSLV) will be assembled in three days; instead of 600 people (needed to build a PSLV), it (SSLV) will be done by six people”, he had mentioned.Â
