India successfully launched its latest earth observation satellite HysIS, the data from which can be used in wide-ranging areas including agriculture, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here onboard ISRO’s trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
The rocket, PSLV-C43, successfully injected state of the art HysIS and 30 other co-passenger satellites from eight countries into their designated orbits.
PSLV-C43, is the 'Core Alone' version of PSLV. It is the lightest version of the launch vehicle.
The rocket lifted off on its 45th flight into cloudy skies at 9.57 am from the first launch pad at the Sriharikota spaceport at the end of the 28-hour countdown.
The Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite was placed in its orbit 17 minutes and 27 seconds after lift-off while the 30 co-passenger satellites were dropped into the designated orbit one by one after an hour.
HysIS, the latest earth observation satellite developed by ISRO, has several uses.
The satellite’s data will be useful agriculture, forestry, soil survey, geology, coastal zone studies, inland water studies, environmental monitoring and pollution detection from industries.
The primary mission of HysIS, whose mission life is five years, is to study the earth’s surface in visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
ISRO chief K Sivan congratulated the team on the successful launch, just 15 days after the spectacular dual mission of GSLV MkIII D2 and GSAT29.
“The heart of the system required for the HysIS satellite is basically an optical imaging detector chip,” he said.
The chip was indigenously designed and developed by the space application centre of ISRO and fabricated indigenously at the semiconductor lab in Chandigarh, he added.
The next mission will be GSAT11, which is India's heaviest satellite. It is set to be launched from French Guiana on December
The rocket, PSLV-C43, successfully injected state of the art HysIS and 30 other co-passenger satellites from eight countries into their designated orbits.
PSLV-C43, is the 'Core Alone' version of PSLV. It is the lightest version of the launch vehicle.
The rocket lifted off on its 45th flight into cloudy skies at 9.57 am from the first launch pad at the Sriharikota spaceport at the end of the 28-hour countdown.
The Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite was placed in its orbit 17 minutes and 27 seconds after lift-off while the 30 co-passenger satellites were dropped into the designated orbit one by one after an hour.
HysIS, the latest earth observation satellite developed by ISRO, has several uses.
The satellite’s data will be useful agriculture, forestry, soil survey, geology, coastal zone studies, inland water studies, environmental monitoring and pollution detection from industries.
The primary mission of HysIS, whose mission life is five years, is to study the earth’s surface in visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
ISRO chief K Sivan congratulated the team on the successful launch, just 15 days after the spectacular dual mission of GSLV MkIII D2 and GSAT29.
“The heart of the system required for the HysIS satellite is basically an optical imaging detector chip,” he said.
The chip was indigenously designed and developed by the space application centre of ISRO and fabricated indigenously at the semiconductor lab in Chandigarh, he added.
The next mission will be GSAT11, which is India's heaviest satellite. It is set to be launched from French Guiana on December
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