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After GSLV-D2, ISRO getting ready for INSAT-3E launch
Bangalore, May 08: After the successful launch of its heaviest rocket GSLV-D2 today, the Indian Space Research Organisation is now getting ready to put in space, the indigenous multi-purpose communication satellite INSAT-3E within the next two months.
Bangalore, May 08: After the successful launch of its
heaviest rocket GSLV-D2 today, the Indian Space Research
Organisation is now getting ready to put in space, the
indigenous multi-purpose communication satellite INSAT-3E
within the next two months.
ISRO plans to launch INSAT-3E by an Ariane rocket from
Kourou in French Guyana (South America) in July this year,
space agency sources said.
The fourth in the third-generation INSAT satellites,
INSAT-3E will carry communication transponders in C-band and
extended C-band, ISRO officials said.
ISRO has also scheduled to launch the earth observation
satellite, IRS-P6 (Resourcesat-1) by an indigenous polar
satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan space
port in Sriharikota in September.
PSLV was initially designed to launch the 900 kg Indian
remote sensing satellites into a 900 km polar sun synchronous
orbit, but ISRO has been able to improve its capability to put
satellites in the geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Resourcesat-1 will be placed in a sun-synchronous polar
orbit of 800 km and will not only provide service continuity
to irs-1c and irs-1d, but also enhance the service
capabilities in agriculture, disaster management, land and
water resources with better resolution imageries.
It will carry a high resolution multi-spectral camera
(liss-4) to provide 5.8 metre spatial resolution and 23.5 km
south, ISRO officials noted.
Bureau Report