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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)successfully launches 20 satellites Wednesday June 22,2016



The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket PSLV C-34 with record 20 satellites has lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota


The rocket, with 20 satellites totally weighing 1,288 kg, was launched into the orbit at 9.26 am.Wednesday June 22,2016

The rocket's main cargo is India's 725.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation. This satellite is similar to the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and 2B. The images sent by Cartosat satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban, rural, coastal land use, water distribution and other applications.



Others satellites of Google company Terra Bella's SkySat Gen2, former NASA employee's Planet Labs


Dove Satellites and satellites from the US, Canada, Germany and Indonesia. Two satellites by Chennai's Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune have also been launched.

According to ISRO, the 110 kg SkySat Gen2-1 belonging to Terra Bella, a Google company, is a small earth imaging satellite capable of capturing sub-meter resolution imagery and high definition video.

The Planet Lab's Dove Satellites are also earth imaging satellites. A total of 12 Dove satellites each weighing 4.7 kg are carried in this mission inside three QuadPack dispensers, ISRO said.

The PSLV rocket is also carrying 85 kg M3MSat from Canada. The technology demonstration mission is jointly funded and managed by Defence Research and Development Canada and the Canadian Space Agency.

On the other hand, the 1.5 kg Sathyabamasat from Sathyabama University will collect data on greenhouse gases while the 1 kg Swayam satellite from College of Engineering, Pune will provide point-to-point messaging services to the HAM radio community.

‘Sathyabamasat’, a nano-satellite developed by students and faculty of the Sathyabama University in Chennai to be part of India’s record launch of 20 satellites on June 22. This satellite weighing 1.5 kg will monitor the concentration of greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere.
“The project was commenced in November 2009 and 40 students over the 5 batches were involved in this project,” said B.Sheela Rani, Project Manager, Sathybamasat and Vice-Chancellor, Sathyabama University. “The payload of the satellite ARGUS 1000 IR Spectrometer, will look for the greenhouse gases present in the atmosphere,” she said.
The mission life is six months and beyond that it can be used as a simple transponder for amateur radio communication by invoking loopback. The University has also set up a ground station to receive the data from the satellite.




President Pranab Mukherjee congratulates ISRO.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi expresses immense happiness over ISRO's latest feat.
The PM congratulates the entire team of the space agency on the monumental accomplishment.
Lauding the efforts of students from Chennai's Sathyabama University and College of Engineering, Pune. PM Modi says: "Saw with immense joy that students from institutions in Pune & Chennai played a role in the making of satellites. This touched me."
"As a common citizen, was totally immersed in happiness to see our youngsters excelling & taking so much interest in science."



Note



It is for the first time that the ISRO has launched more than 10 satellites with a single rocket. In 2008, the ISRO had launched 10 satellites with the PSLV rocket.

 

So far, Isro has launched 57 satellites for 20 countries since May 1999—including the record 20* satellites it launched on June 22, 2016 in a single mission. 

What's best? 

The cost of the mission is 10 times less than that of other space agencies. 

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