New Delhi/Bengaluru. According to a big news, under the first launch campaign of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) of 2022, the 25-hour countdown to send the full earth observation satellite EOS-04 into orbit through PSLV-C 52 today i.e. Sunday morning. has started. Giving information in this regard, ISRO said that the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will also carry 2 small satellites with it. Let us tell you that its launch has been scheduled from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 05:59 am tomorrow i.e. Monday 14 February.
PSLV-C52/EOS-04 Mission: The countdown process of 25 hours and 30 minutes leading to the launch has commenced at 04:29 hours today. https://t.co/BisacQy5Of pic.twitter.com/sgGIiUnbvo
— ISRO (@isro) February 13, 2022
In this regard, ISRO said in a tweet, “PSLV-C52/EOS-04 Mission: The 25 hour 30 minute countdown process for the launch has started at 04:29 am today.” EOS-04 is a ‘radar imaging satellite’ specially designed for applications such as agriculture, forestry and plantation, soil moisture and hydrology and flood mapping, and also to provide high quality images in all weather conditions. has been done.
Along with this, according to the information received, PSLV will also carry 2 small satellites, including the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) satellite InspireSat-1, designed in collaboration with the Atmospheric and Space Physics Laboratory of the University of Colorado, Boulder. also includes. NTU, Singapore and NCU, Taiwan have also contributed in this. The purpose of this satellite is to improve the understanding of the dynamics of the ionosphere and the coronal thermal processes of the Sun.
The second satellite going along is a Technology Demonstrator Satellite (INS-2TD) of ISRO. With a thermal imaging camera as its instrument, the satellite will provide the necessary support for accurate estimation of land surface temperature, surface water temperature of wetlands or lakes, vegetation (crops and forests) and thermal inertia (day and night). . This will be the 54th flight and the 23rd mission using the ‘PSLV-XL configuration’ with 6 PSOM-XL (strap-on motors).