ISRO has successfully launched its PSLV-C38 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ) with the Cartosat-2 series satellite as well as 30 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota today.The launch holds special credits to TN students for the satellite technology by students of a university in Kanyakumari district.
After the launch of ISRO most powerful indigenous rocket, GSLV Mk III on June 6, 2017, the space agency planned to launch Cartosat-2 series satellite carried by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C38) on Friday at 9:29 am. The countdown for the launch began Thursday at 5:29 am.
Cartosat-2 series satellite
Cartosat-2 series satellite is an earth observation satellite that provides high-resolution scene-specific spot imagery providing data in various scales. This satellite is sixth in the catosat-2 series, named Cartosat- 2E. It weighs about 714 kg with 30 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 243kg. It is operated and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
The rocket would place the satellites into a 505 km polar sun synchronous orbit (SSO). This is PSLV’s 40th flight launching a total of 955 kg satellite. The other 30 mini satellites along with Cartosat 2 comprise 29 Nanosatellites from 14 countries – Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America besides a Nanosatellite from India.
Cartosat- 2E
Cartosat-2E is specially built with panchromatic (PAN) camera to take black and white pictures of the earth in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The satellite can be moved up to 45 degrees along as well as across the track. The images taken from the satellite will be useful for rural and urban spot applications, to identify coastal land use and regulations. The pictures taken will also help monitor the road network and water distribution, the creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other Land Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.
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