Countdown for ISRO’s first PSLV launch of 2022 begins today, 3 satellites to be sent to space on Monday

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ISRO's first PSLV launch of 2022

Bangalore: According to 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 that its launch has been scheduled at 05:59 am on Monday, February 14, from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

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.

ISRO's first PSLV launch of 2022

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 to 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, the surface water temperature of wetlands or lakes, vegetation (crops and forests), and thermal inertia (day and night). . Explain that this will be the 54th flight and 23rd such mission using the ‘PSLV-XL configuration with 6 PSOM-XL (strap-on motors).

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