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India’s new satellite for earth observation in the sky will send images of good clarity that will be used for agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the agency. space of the country.

The images captured by the satellite will also be used for surveillance purposes while ISRO is silent on this aspect. The EOS-01 with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can take pictures in all weather conditions. The satellite can take photos day and night and will be useful for surveillance and civilian activities.

“Today I am extremely happy to report that the PSLV-C49 has successfully positioned EOS-01 and nine customer satellites in an orbit of 575 km. The solar panels of EOS-01 have been deployed,” said K. Sivan. president of ISRO after launch.

Sivan said the missile mission is special and unusual for ISRO. Space activity cannot be done working from home as people have to be in laboratories, offices during the launch campaign. People have to travel from different centers and work at the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) here, he said.

“The ISRO team lived up to the situation, worked with limited staff, safely without compromising on quality,” said Sivan, complimenting all the directors of the various ISRO centers. Speaking of upcoming missions, Sivan said the next rocket to fly will be the PSLV-C50 with CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) satellite.

It will be followed by the new small rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carrying EOS-02 and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV) carrying EOS-3.

“We are targeting the PSLV-C50 in December. It takes about 30 days to be ready for another launch after a launch,” S.Somanath, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), told IANS earlier.

The other Indian satellites ready for launch are GISAT and Microsat-2A. The launch of the GISAT-1 satellite scheduled for March 5 this year was postponed for technical reasons one day before launch.

“The GISAT-1 satellite will be carried by a GSLV rocket. The GSLV rocket was dismantled after the launch was halted. The rocket is being refurbished. The rocket’s cryogenic engine has been shot down and is being prepared.” , Somanath said. According to him, the GSLV carrying GISAT-1 should fly after the PSLV C50.

The nine foreign satellites from: Lithuania (1-R2, technology demonstrator), Luxembourg (4 Kleos Space satellites for maritime applications) and the United States (4-Lemur multi-mission remote sensing satellites) dominated.

With the fierce orange flame at its tail, the rocket slowly picked up speed and ascended as the sound of the rocket’s engine like rolling thunder added to the thrill. About 15 minutes into the flight, the rocket ejected EOS-01, followed by nine other foreign satellites. The whole mission lasted about 19 minutes. Cumulatively to date, ISRO has put 328 foreign satellites into orbit, all of which are paid for.

The PSLV in normal configuration is a four-stage consumable rocket / engine powered by solid and liquid fuels alternately with six booster engines linked to the first stage to give greater thrust during initial flight moments.

But the 44.4-meter-tall PSLV rocket that flew on Saturday was the DL variant with just two belt-driven booster engines. This variant of the rocket was first used to put the Microsat R satellite into orbit on January 24, 2019.

The Indian space agency has PSLV variants with two and four strap-on motors, larger PSLV-XL and the Core Alone variant without strap-on motors.

The choice of which rocket to use for a mission depends on the weight of the satellite and the orbit in which the satellite is to orbit.

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