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PSLV C-42 set for its commercial journey with 2 UK payloads today
The 33-hour countdown for the launch of two commercial Satellites from England using the home grown PSLV rocket began at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, about 100 km from here, on Saturday afternoon.
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ISRO sources said that the countdown began at 1:07 pm. The PSLV-C42, carrying earth observation satellites NovaSAR and S1-4, together weighing nearly 889 kg, would lift off from First Launch Pad at 10:07 pm, Sunday.
During the countdown, propellant filling operations (solid and liquid) would be taken up in the four stage vehicle. The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB), which met at SDSC, cleared the mission after which the countdown commenced. With a lift of mass of 230.4 tons, 44.4 meters tall PSLV-C42 would be purely a commercial mission designed to launch two earth observation satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4 of Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL), UK, under the commercial arrangement with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO.
About 17 minutes after the lift off, both the satellites would be launched into a 583 km Sun Synchronous Orbit, with an inclination of 97.806 deg to the equator.
This would be the 44th flight of the PSLV and the 12th flight of the Core Alone version (without the strap on motors).Â
Here are some details of the two United Kingdom satellites that will be carried by the PSLV C-42 to the space on Sunday night
Features of NovaSAR:
- 445 kg in weight
- With a S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite
- Intended for forest mapping, land use and ice cover monitoring, flood and disaster monitoring
- Also, ship detection and maritime monitoring
Features of S1-4
- 444 kg in weight
- It is a high resolution Optical Earth Observation Satellite
- Will be used for surveying resources, environment monitoring, urban management and disaster monitoring
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