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ISRO to launch Oceansat-3, 8 nanosatellites
Context
ISRO is set to launch Earth Observation Satellite - 06 (EOS-06) and eight nanosatellites.
Earth Observation Satellite-EOS-06 (Oceansat-3)
- EOS-6 is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This is to provide continuity services for Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
- Payloads
- Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3)
- Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM)
- Ku-Band Scatterometer (SCAT-3)
- ARGOS
- Mission Objectives
- To ensure the data continuity of Ocean color and wind vector data to sustain the operational applications.
- To improve the applications, some additional datasets such as Sea Surface Temperature and more bands in the Optical region for fluorescence and in the Infrared area for atmospheric corrections are accommodated.
- To develop/improve related algorithms and data products to serve in well-established application areas and to enhance the mission utility.
Launch Vehicle- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) PSLV-C54
- This will be the 56th flight of PSLV and the 24th flight of the PSLV-XL version.
- The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India.
Passenger Satellites in PSLV-C54
|
Satellite |
Agency, Country |
|
INS-2B |
URSC, India |
|
Anand |
Pixxel, India |
|
Thybolt (2 Nos.) |
Dhruvaspace, India |
|
Astrocast (4 Nos.) |
Spaceflight, USA |
Anand:
- It is a technology demonstrator nanosatellite, which is aimed at demonstrating the capabilities and commercial applications of miniaturized earth-observation cameras.
Thybolt:
- These two amateur radio communication nanosatellites are named Thybolt-1 and Thybolt-2 and are part of the company's Thybolt mission.
Astrocast:
- It is a 3U spacecraft on a technology demonstration mission for the Internet of Things (IoT).
- These are basically CubeSats, which is a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites.
- CubeSats are built to standard dimensions (Units or “U”) of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.
- They can be 1U, 2U, 3U, or 6U in size, and typically weigh less than 1.33 kg (3 lbs) per U.
Joint India-Bhutan Mission (INS-2B)
- ISRO will launch ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B) spacecraft with the PSLV-C54 mission.
- INS-2B will have two payloads:
- NanoMx: NanoMx is a multispectral optical imaging payload developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC).
- APRS-Digipeater: APRS-Digipeater payload is jointly developed by DITT Bhutan and URSC.
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