ISRO's PSLV-C52 lifts off with India's new 'eye in the sky' satellite
India | Feb 14, 2022, 06:47 AM ISTThe rocket also carried two small satellites, INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD, as co-passengers.
The rocket also carried two small satellites, INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD, as co-passengers.
The launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which will also carry two small co-passenger satellites, is scheduled at 05:59 hours on Monday, from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
A total of 19 missions are planned during January to December 2022, including eight 'Launch Vehicle Missions', seven 'Spacecraft Missions' and four 'Technology Demonstrator Missions'.
Somanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector.
Another Malayali has returned to the helm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Somanath, who has been the Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, will replace K Sivan as the head of India's space agency.
The CM would be splashing down near the Indian coast in 2023 after the week-long mission, and the Arabian Sea, which is comparatively calmer, is the primary choice, but the Bay of Bengal is also being considered as a backup option, writes Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair S, Director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO, Bengaluru, in an article.
Under the 'Deep Ocean Mission' launched by the government, a manned scientific submersible has been proposed to be developed for deep ocean exploration and the project is named 'Samudrayaan', Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
It is common for satellites in earth orbit to undergo collision avoidance manoeuvres to mitigate collision risk due to space objects including space debris and operational spacecraft.
The observations of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads have yielded discovery-class findings, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Chandrayaan-2 has completed more than 9,000 orbits around the Moon, ISRO Chairman, K Sivan said.
Chandrayaan-2 data product and science documents were released by Sivan, also Secretary in the Department of Space (DoS), along with data from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter payloads, Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO said in a statement.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the hot test was conducted for a duration of 450 seconds at the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
ISRO LPSC Recruitment 2021:Various posts of the heavy vehicle driver, light vehicle driver, cook, fireman, and catering attendant.
Everything went off well as planned till the cryogenic engine got fired at about five minutes into the rocket's flight. At about six minutes into the rocket's flight and soon after the cryogenic engine started operation, the mission control center at the spaceport tensed up as there was no data coming from the rocket.
ISRO said that GSLV-F10 /EOS03 mission 'cannot be accomplished fully' due to a performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage.
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) will launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-03 from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
The GISAT-1 will be the country's first sky eye or earth observation satellite to be placed in geo-stationary orbit.
Three days prior to the celebration of its Independence Day, India will be sending up its earth observation satellite EOS-03 earlier named or the Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1), said the Indian space agency.
ISRO is in discussions with European and Israeli space agencies to enhance cooperation.
Noting that the realisation progress was hampered due to Covid-19 pandemic, he said that all works that were possible in work-from-home mode were taken up even during the lockdown periods.
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