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Sriharikota (), August 7

ISRO’s maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle carrying earth commentary and scholar satellites lifted off from Sriharikota spaceport on Sunday.

The countdown for the launch of India’s maiden SSLV commenced at 2.26 am on Sunday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mentioned.

ISRO has launched into a mission to put satellites that weigh as much as 500 kg into the five hundred km low earth orbit, because it goals for an even bigger share of the demanding SSLV market.

“SSLV-D1/EOS-02 Mission: the countdown commenced at 02.26hrs,” ISRO mentioned on its web site on Sunday.

The lift-off of the rocket was scheduled at 9.18 am from the primary launch pad on the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) right here, about 135 km from Chennai. About 13 minutes after launch, the rocket is anticipated to put the EOS-02 and AzaadiSAT into the supposed orbit.

Unlike ISRO’s trusted workhorse—Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) – the SSLV can carry payloads weighing as much as 500 kg and deploy satellites right into a 500 km low earth orbit.

It makes use of strong gasoline—hydroxyl terminated polubutadiene—to fireside the primary three phases which takes the payloads to the specified altitude. The fourth stage contains liquid propulsion-based Velocity Trimming Module (VTM) to put the satellites into orbit.

The essential payload on the 34-metre-tall rocket is the earth observation-02 satellite tv for pc and co-passenger satellite tv for pc AzaadiSAT, an 8-kg Cubesat designed by the lady college students from authorities faculties throughout the nation to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s Independence.

The earth commentary satellite tv for pc designed by ISRO gives superior optical distant sensing working in infra-red bands with excessive spatial decision. EOS-02 belongs to the microsatellite sequence of spacecraft.

The goal of the EOS-02 is to offer inputs on thermal anomalies in the direction of supporting functions within the domains of geo-environmental research, forestry, hydrology, agriculture, soil, and coastal research.

The AzaadiSAT carries 75 totally different payloads every weighing round 50 grams. Girl college students from rural areas throughout the nation had been supplied steering to construct these payloads that are built-in by the coed staff of ‘Space Kidz India’, ISRO mentioned.

The floor system developed by Space Kidz India could be utilised for receiving the information from this satellite tv for pc.

Sunday’s mission of ISRO is the third this 12 months after the profitable PSLV-C53 mission on June 30, which is the devoted industrial mission of NewSpace India Ltd.

On February 14, ISRO efficiently positioned earth commentary satellite tv for pc EOS-04 on board its trusted workhorse PSLV-C52/EOS-04 mission.

The radar imaging satellite tv for pc was designed to offer prime quality photographs below all climate circumstances for functions reminiscent of agriculture, forestry and plantations. PTI