India's ISRO Places Three Satellites into Orbit

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched the radar imaging satellite EOS-04 along with two others on board Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C52) Monday.

ISRO’s first launch of 2022 and under the new Chairman S. Somanath went off without any problem, placing all the three satellites into their intended orbit with precision

While the company was the 54th flight of the PSLV and the 23rd mission using the PSLV-XL configuration, co-passenger satellites were successfully separated from the PSLV in a predetermined sequence.

As such, the Earth Observation Satellite-04 is also called Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) that has been designed to provide high-quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as agriculture, forestry, and plantations, flood mapping, soil moisture & hydrology.

It generates 2280 W power and has a mission life of 10 years, by weighing about 1710 kg.

In addition, the spacecraft will collect observation data in C-Band completing the observations done by Resourcesat, Cartosat, and RISAT-2B series. The satellite has an operating life of a decade.

It is worth mentioning that India has 53 operational satellites, of which 21 are earth observation ones and another 21 are communication-based. Eight are navigation satellites, while the remaining three are science satellites.

“The primary satellite, the EOS – 04 has been put in a precise orbit. The co-passenger satellites have been placed into the right orbit,” Mr. Somanath said adding ISRO will be “back with the next launch of PSLV very soon”.

The EOS-4, a radar imaging satellite is designed to provide high quality images in all weather conditions for applications such as agriculture, forestry, plantation, flood mapping, soil moisture and hydrology.

With a mission life of 10 years, the satellite will collect earth observation data in C-band and will complement and supplement the data from Resourcesat, Cartosat series and RISAT-2B series, ISRO said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated India’s space scientists on Monday regarding the successful launch of PSLV C52 mission.

Modi tweeted, “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.”