ISRO’s Monday mission to launch satellites in 2 orbits

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 37th flight, (PSLV-C35) will launch the satellites at 9.12 am on Monday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, ISRO said. The 377 kg SCATSAT-1 satellite will have satellites from Algeria, Canada and USA, as well as two satellites from Indian Universities as its co-passenger. 

ISRO said SCATSAT-1 would be placed into a 720 km Polar SSO, whereas the two Universities satellites and the five foreign satellites will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit. 

This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits.

ISRO said PSLV-C35 will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre and it will be the 15th flight of PSLV in ‘XL’ configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors). 

This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits. It will be the 15th flight of PSLV in ‘XL’ configuration (with the use of solid strap-on motors). Stating that the SCATSAT-1 would be used for climate and environment applications, the sources said that SCATSAT-1 is a continuity mission for Oceansat-2 Scatterometer to provide wind vector data products for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking services to the users.

This would be the second mission for ISRO in a gap of about two weeks, after it successfully launched the INSAT-3DR satellite from the Second Launch Pad on September 8, using the GSLV.