The Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) successfully placed the Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04 into an intended sun-synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 06:17 hours IST on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota.
This is the first launch of the year that saw the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lift-off on its 54th mission into space with the Earth Observation Satellite-04 (formerly called RISAT-1A) and two carpool payloads.
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 injected Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04, into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 06:17 hours IST on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota. https://t.co/BisacQP8Qf
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Two small satellites a student satellite (INSPIREsat-1) from the Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) in association with the Laboratory of Atmospheric & Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a technology demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD) from ISRO, which is a precursor to India-Bhutan Joint Satellite (INS-2B). Co-passenger satellites were successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence.
As per reports, EOS-04, has been designed to provide high-quality resolution images in all weather conditions for applications such as agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology, flood mapping, and an undisclosed application for military surveillance purposes.
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