ISRO launches earth observation satellite, 2 others

Marking the first launch mission of the year 2022 Indian Space Research Organisations earth observation satellite EOS04 and two small satellites were successfully placed into the intended orbit by the PSLVC52 rocket on Monday a feat described by the ISRO as a marvellous accomplishmentThe space agencys workhorse launch vehicle PSLV placed the three satellites into the intended orbit after blasting off at 559 am from here amid dark early morning skiesAfter a flight of about 19 minutes the vehicle injected the satellites into its intended orbit drawing instant cheers and applause from the scientists who were closely monitoring the years maiden mission ISRO in a tweet said EOS04 was placed into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 617 amAfter first injecting EOS04 the two small satellites INSPIREsat1 and INS2TD were also put into their orbits respectivelyThe mission of PSLVC52EOS04 has been successfully accomplished The primary satellite EOS04 has been put into a very precise orbit by PSLVC52 and along with that copassenger satellites INSPIREsat1 and INS2TD also have been placed into right orbit ISRO Chairman S Somanath said after the successful launchIncidentally todays launch also happens to be the first mission after Somanath took over as the Secretary Department of Space and Chairman Space Commission recentlyThanking everyone for making the mission possible he said this spacecraft is going to be one of the biggest assets for us to serve the countryMission Director SR Biju said what we have accomplished today is really marvellousEarlier the 2530hour countdown for todays launch had commenced at 0429 am on SundayEOS04 weighing 1710 kg and with a mission life of ten years is a Radar Imaging Satellite designed to provide high quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as Agriculture Forestry and Plantations Soil Moisture and Hydrology and Flood mappingINSPIREsat1 is from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology IIST in association with Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics at University of Colorado Boulder while INS2TD is a technology demonstrator satellite from ISRO This is a precursor to the IndiaBhutan Joint Satellite INS2BTwo scientific payloads on INSPIREsat1 with a mass of 81 kg and mission life of one year are aimed at improving the understanding of ionosphere dynamics and the suns coronal heating processesINS2TD with a mass of 175 kg has a mission life of six monthsHaving a thermal imaging camera as its payload the satellite benefits the assessment of land surface temperature water surface temperature of wetland or lakes delineation of vegetation crops and forest andcthermal inertia day and nightMondays was the 54th flight of PSLV and 23rd mission using PSLVXL configuration with six PSOMXLs strapon motorsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever