PSLV c 16 launch successful

[Che Guevara]

PSLV launch successful congrats indians

 

[Che Guevara]

latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 and two mini spacecraft on board PSLV-C16 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, over 90 km from Chennai on its orbits.greats success Indians.

PSLV C16 also launched Singapore's first satellite X-SAT, a mini satellite that intends to demonstrate technologies related to satellite based remote sensing and onboard image.

So congregation to Singapore too..

 

[Gossipmonger]

PSLV-C16 lifts off from Sriharikota

Chennai: The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), carrying three satellites, successfully lifted off from Sriharikota on Wednesday. Among the three satellites to be placed into their respective orbits by the rocket includes Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Resourcesat-2.

The Rs 90-crore PSLV, 44 metres tall and weighing 295 tonnes, is a four-stage (engine) rocket powered by solid and liquid propellants alternatively.

The first and third stages are fired by solid propellant while the second and fourth stages need liquid propellant.

The PSLV was launched at 10.12 am. The rocket is carrying a total payload of 1,404 kg.

This comprises three satellites - the 1,206 kg Resourcesat-2, the 92 kg joint Indo-Russian mini satellite Youthsat for stellar and atmospheric studies, and a 106 kg mini satellite X-sat for imaging applications, which is built by the Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University.

The Rs 140 crore Resourcesat-2 was originally scheduled for launch in January this year but it got postponed to February and later to April.

Apart from carrying three sophisticated cameras, the remote sensing Resourcesat-2 satellite will carry an Automatic Information System (AIS) from COMDEV in Canada for ship surveillance in VHF band to derive position, speed and other information of ships.

"With the launch of Resourcesat-2, the ISRO will have 10 remote sensing satellites in orbit - Resourcesat 1, TES, Cartosat 1, 2, 2A and 2B, IMS-1, RISAT-2, Oceansat-2," S Satish, director for ISRO's publications and public relations, said.

Remote sensing satellites send back pictures and other data for use. India has the largest constellation of remote sensing satellites in the world providing imagery in a variety of spatial resolutions, from better than a metre ranging up to 500 metres, and is a major player in vending such data in the global market.

The data is used for several applications covering agriculture, water resources, urban development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry, drought and flood forecasting, ocean resources and disaster management.

According to ISRO officials the other remote sensing satellites scheduled for launch this year are Megha-Tropiques, Radar Imaging Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) and Saral.

ISRO`s PSLV-C16 all set for launch today

 

[Che Guevara]

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation PSLV C-16 was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota at 10.12 am on Wednesday morning.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is carrying remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 and two mini spacecraft.

Coming after a series of disasters at ISRO, this launch was particularly important.

Last year saw the dramatic back-to-back failures of two of the larger rockets, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, that plunged down into the Bay of Bengal.

Four ISRO made satellites failed one after the other.

The organisation was singed by the S-band corruption scandal when the ISRO-Devas deal was annulled by the government.

The launch vehicle will place in polar sun synchronous orbit the 1206-kg Resourcesat-2, 92-kg Youthsat and 106-kg X-sat satellites 822 km above Earth.

The mission's primary satellite, ISRO built Resourcesat-2, is an advanced remote sensing spacecraft to facilitate study and management of natural resources. It will replace Resourcesat-1 launched in 2003 and provide data with enhanced multi-spectral and spatial coverage on natural resources. Resourcesat-2 with a five year space life will also carry an additional payload from COMDEV, Canada that will provide information on ship surveillance by making 14 orbits per day, ISRO said.

Youthsat, a joint Indo-Russian satellite for stellar and atmospheric studies will study the relationship between solar variability and thermosphere-ionosphere changes. The satellite with two-year life will carry two Indian and one Russian payload.

PSLV will also launch Singapore's first satellite X-SAT, a mini satellite that intends to demonstrate technologies related to satellite based remote sensing and onboard image processing.

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[Kadamba]

Congratulations to all Indians.

 

[rockstarIN]

Congrats everybody

 

[Che Guevara]

 

[tallboy123]

its 17 successful launch out 18...94% success

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

Congrats ISRO and all memebrs here!!!

 

[Che Guevara]

Yes PSLV is most successful launch vehicle for India but time to master GSLV also.

 

[Che Guevara]

YOUTHSAT

YOUTHSAT is a participatory scientific mission with payloads from both Russia and India. It would be carrying three scientific payloads one from Russia and two from India. It is a micro satellite carrying scientific payloads with participation from universities at graduate, postgraduate and research scholar level and would participate from testing of the payloads in laboratory to the utilisation of the data from payloads. Participation of young scientists will inculcate interest in space related activities and provide opportunities for realisation of future scientific payloads at the university level. YOUTHSAT is scheduled to be launched as auxiliary satellite along with Indian remote sensing satellite during 2011 with an orbital altitude of 630 km at an inclination of 97.9º.

 

[Varad]

Great launch ISRO. Congratulations to all Indians and supporters of ISRO.

 

[rajusri]

Watch PSLV before launch

http://www.isro.org/images/PSLV-C16.mpg

30 mb

 

[StingRoy]

Nice job ISRO... textbook launch. Heard that the satellites have now been placed in orbit as well.