India’s
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV),
in its thirty-seventh flight (PSLV-C35), launches the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 for
weather related studies and seven co-passenger satellites into polar Sun
Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Co-passenger satellites are ALSAT-1B, ALSAT-2B,
ALSAT-1N from Algeria, NLS-19 from Canada and Pathfinder-1 from USA as well as
two satellites PRATHAM from IIT Bombay and PISAT from PES University,
Bengaluru.
SCATSAT-1 was placed into a
720 km Polar SSO whereas; the two Universities / Academic Institute Satellites
and the five foreign satellites will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit. This
is the first mission of PSLV in which payloads were launched into two different
orbits.
PSLV-C35 was launched from
the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR,
Sriharikota on Monday morning at 9:12 hrs (IST) on September 26, 2016.
SCATSAT-1 (Scatterometer Satellite-1) is a miniature satellite to
provide weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to
India. It has been successfully launched by ISRO on September 26, 2016. The
satellite will take place of Oceansat-2 which has
become dysfunctional after its life span of four-and-a-half years. Currently
India is dependent on NASA’s ISS-RapidScat for prediction of cyclone
forecasting and weather prediction.[1] The
data generated by this mini-satellite will be used by NASA, EUMETSAT and NOAA.
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