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Jun 23, 2016

[CA] PSLV - C34

PSLV – C 34
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) (on June 22, 2016) launched a record 20 satellites in a single mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. With this launch of 20 satellites, ISRO also managed to break its previous record of placing 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission in 2008.

The 20 satellites including India’s latest earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 was launched on-board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-34. The other 19 satellites were from the US, Germany, Canada and Indonesia as well as two satellites from Sathyabama University, Chennai, and the College of Engineering, Pune.



Cartosat-2 Series Satellite
·       The Cartosat-2 series satellite is the primary satellite carried by PSLV-C34. This satellite is similar to the earlier Cartosat-2, 2A and 2B. After its injection into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit by PSLV-C34, the satellite will be brought to operational configuration following which it will begin providing regular remote sensing services using Panchromatic and Multispectral cameras.
The imagery sent by the satellite will be useful cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, precision study, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other Land Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.



PSLV – C34
Satellite
Country
Weight (in Kg)
Applications
Cartosat – 2
India
727.5
coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps
SATHYABAMASAT
India (Satyabama University, Chennai)
1.5
To collect data on greenhouse gases (Water Vapour, Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide, Methane and Hydrogen fluoride)
SWAYAM
India (College of Engineering, Pune)
1
To provide point to point messaging services to the HAM community
LAPAN A3
Indonesia
120
Micro-satellite will be used for earth surveillance and magnetic field monitoring.
BIROS (Berlin Infrared Optical System)
Germany
130
For remote sensing of high temperature events
SKYSAT GEN 2-1
USA
110
For earth imaging
Dove (12 Satellites)
USA
56.4 (each weighs 4.7)
For earth imaging
M3MSAT (Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Micro – Satellite)
Canada
85
For Collection and study of automatic identification system signals from low earth orbit
GHGSat – D
Canada
25.5
An earth observation Satellite for measuring atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (Carbon Dioxide and Methane)


1288


According to ISRO, the total weight of all the 20 satellites was about 1288 kg.

Till now, ISRO has launched 74 satellites for foreign vendors from about 20 countries, earning about $ 100 million in the bargain.

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