Come 16th December 2015, India's workhorse rocket PSLV will carry 6 satellites to space.
Launch will be from First Launch Pad ( FLP ) of Sriharikota and the rocket is Core Alone ( PSLV-CA ) type.
All these satellites are from Singapore and they will be launched in a near equatorial Earth orbit of 550 Kms with an inclination of 6 deg.
Primary payload is a 400 Kg TeLEOS-1 Satellite. This the 1st Commercial Earth Observatory of Singapore.
Other 5 co-passengers on this flight riding piggyback are
Velox CI .. 123 Kg .. Tropical Environment monitoring
Velox II .. 13 Kgs .. Experimental Communications/GPS
Athenoxat I .. Experimental Remote Sensing Microsatellite
Kent Ridge I .. 78 Kgs .. VNIR and SWIR Medium resolution Earth obeservation payload
Galassia .. 3.4 Kgs .. used for Photon Quantum Correlation data acquisition.
Tentative Launch time is 1800 Hrs IST.
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A unique feature of this flight is that 46 minutes after all the satellites are launched the 4th stage will Re-start and will remain ignited for 4 seconds.
This may appear to be an insignificant thing but there are technological achievements for ISRO if this happens.
This will provide a capability towards launching satellites in diverse orbits in a single flight.
The critical technological factor is that the engine has to be cooled before the 2nd burn.
Launch will be from First Launch Pad ( FLP ) of Sriharikota and the rocket is Core Alone ( PSLV-CA ) type.
All these satellites are from Singapore and they will be launched in a near equatorial Earth orbit of 550 Kms with an inclination of 6 deg.
Primary payload is a 400 Kg TeLEOS-1 Satellite. This the 1st Commercial Earth Observatory of Singapore.
Other 5 co-passengers on this flight riding piggyback are
Velox CI .. 123 Kg .. Tropical Environment monitoring
Velox II .. 13 Kgs .. Experimental Communications/GPS
Athenoxat I .. Experimental Remote Sensing Microsatellite
Kent Ridge I .. 78 Kgs .. VNIR and SWIR Medium resolution Earth obeservation payload
Galassia .. 3.4 Kgs .. used for Photon Quantum Correlation data acquisition.
Tentative Launch time is 1800 Hrs IST.
============
A unique feature of this flight is that 46 minutes after all the satellites are launched the 4th stage will Re-start and will remain ignited for 4 seconds.
This may appear to be an insignificant thing but there are technological achievements for ISRO if this happens.
This will provide a capability towards launching satellites in diverse orbits in a single flight.
The critical technological factor is that the engine has to be cooled before the 2nd burn.
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