The Indian Space & Research Organisation (Isro) is all set to conduct the first launch of 2022 because it lifts off the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on its 54th mission to space. The launch is scheduled for February 14 at 5:59 am from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
The space company will launch the Earth Observation Satellite-04 and two rideshare payloads that embody a pupil satellite tv for pc and a mission that will lay the muse for a future India-Bhutan Joint Satellite mission. The first launch of 2022 comes months after the deadly loss of the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-03) that couldn’t be deployed due to a “technical anomaly” in August final yr.
WHAT ARE THE SATELLITES THAT ISRO WILL LAUNCH ON FEB 14?
Isro is launching three satellites into orbit that embody an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04), pupil satellite tv for pc INSPIREsat-1, and a know-how demonstrator satellite tv for pc named INS-2TD.
Earth Observation Satellite-04 can be known as Radar Imagining Satellite (RISAT) that has been designed to present high-quality pictures underneath all climate circumstances for functions akin to agriculture, forestry and plantations, flood mapping, soil moisture & hydrology. The spacecraft will acquire remark knowledge in C-Band finishing the observations finished by Resourcesat, Cartosat, and RISAt-2B sequence. The satellite tv for pc has an working life of a decade.
The space company will launch the Earth Observation Satellite-04 and two rideshare payloads. (Photo: Isro)
Apart from EOS-04, two different satellites hitching a experience onboard PSLV-C52 embody INSAT-2TD, which is a know-how demonstrator satellite tv for pc that will lay the groundwork for India-Bhutan joint satellite tv for pc INS-2B. The satellite tv for pc has a thermal imaging digital camera that will assist in the evaluation of land, water floor temperatures, delineation of vegetation, and thermal inertia. The 17.5-kilogram satellite tv for pc will stay in operation for a brief period of simply six months.
The remaining payload is an 8.1-kilogram pupil satellite tv for pc dubbed INSPIRESat-1 that has been developed by the Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology in affiliation with the Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics on the University of Colorado. The satellite tv for pc will goal at enhancing our understanding of the ionosphere dynamics and the solar’s coronal heating course of. Its operational lifetime is about for a yr.
ISRO’S WORKHORSE PSLV
The 54th mission of the PSLV will see it climb up to an altitude of 529 kilometers above the Earth’s floor within the Sun Synchronous Orbit the place it will deploy the Earth Observation Satellite. The PSLV is a third-generation launch automobile designed by India which may take up to 1,750 kg of payload to Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbits of 600 km altitude.
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The PSLV-C52 being stacked at Sriharikota. (Photo: Isro)
The four-stage launcher is understood for efficiently launching Chandrayaan-1 to the Moon in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft to Mars in 2013. The 44-meter-tall automobile has a liftoff mass of 320 tonnes. The first stage of PSLV makes use of the S139 stable rocket motor that is augmented by 6 stable strap-on boosters, whereas the second stage is powered by the homegrown Vikas engine.
The third stage of PSLV is a stable rocket motor that supplies the higher levels excessive thrust after the atmospheric section of the launch and the fourth stage includes two Earth storable liquid engines.
WHAT’S NEXT AFTER PSLV-C52 MISSION?
Isro has deliberate 5 main satellite tv for pc launches within the coming three months because it goals to regain its misplaced tempo in space operations amid robust competitors from China and personal gamers like SpaceX that is conducting one launch each week in 2022. Following PSLV–C52 mission, Isro will launch OCEANSAT-3 and INS 2B ANAND on PSLV C-53 in March and SSLV-D1 Micro SAT in April 2022.
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The four-stage launcher is understood for efficiently launching Chandrayaan-1 to the Moon in 2008. (File Pic)
Isro will additionally launch GSAT-21, the first absolutely funded satellite tv for pc by the New Space India Limited (NSIL). The space company, which just lately obtained its new boss in senior rocket scientist S Somnath has deliberate for 19 missions to be launched in 2022. These embody eight launch automobile missions, seven spacecraft missions, and 4 know-how demonstrator missions.
The company will additionally liftoff its bold Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon in August and targets the first uncrewed flight of Gaganyaan, the nation’s maiden astronaut mission.