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Sriharikota, Feb 14: The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 of the Indian Space Research Organization took off from Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 5:59 a.m. on February 14.
The launch vehicle carrying the EOS-04 Earth observation satellite and two co-passenger payloads — INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD — lifted off from the spaceport after a 25-hour countdown, marking the Indian space agency’s first mission launch in 2022.
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 injected Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04, into an intended sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km altitude at 06:17 hours IST on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota. https://t.co/BisacQP8Qf
— ISRO (@isro) February 14, 2022
This was Satish Dhawan Space Centre’s 80th launch vehicle mission, the 54th flight of PSLV, and the 23rd flight of PSLV in XL configuration (six strap-on motors).
EOS-04 is a “radar imaging satellite designed to deliver high quality photos in all weather circumstances for applications like as agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology, and flood mapping,” according to an ISRO study. It weighs around 1,710 kg, provides 2,280 watts of power, and has a 10-year mission life.
The vehicle also carried two small satellites: an IIST student satellite (INSPIREsat-1) developed in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, and an ISRO technology demonstrator satellite (INS-2TD), which is a precursor to the India-Bhutan Joint Satellite (INS-2B).
Launch of PSLV-C52/EOS-04 https://t.co/naTQFgbm7b
— ISRO (@isro) February 13, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the ISRO scientists on this achievement via Twitter.
He wrote, “Congratulations to our space scientists on the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission. EOS-04 satellite will provide high resolution images under all weather conditions for agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology as well as flood mapping.”
Congratulations to our space scientists on the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission. EOS-04 satellite will provide high resolution images under all weather conditions for agriculture, forestry and plantations, soil moisture and hydrology as well as flood mapping.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 14, 2022
