"The 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) will launch Microsat-R and Kalamsat from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on January 24," the state-run space agency said in a statement on its website.
 |
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an
imaging satellite Microsat-R. (File)
BENGALURU:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an
imaging satellite Microsat-R along with a student payload 'Kalamsat' from its
spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on January 24, it announced on
Thursday.
"The 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV-C44) will launch Microsat-R and Kalamsat from the first launch pad of the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on January 24," the state-run
space agency said in a statement on its website.
The country's only spaceport is located at Sriharikota,
about 90 km northeast of Chennai.
The four-stage launch vehicle which has alternating solid
and liquid stages, with two strap-on configuration has been identified for the
mission and configuration designated as PSLV-DL, the statement said.
"PSLV-C44 is the first mission of PSLV-DL and is a new
variant of PSLV," the agency said.
The fourth stage (PS4) of the vehicle will be moved to a
higher circular orbit so as to establish an orbital platform for carrying out
experiments, it added.
The student payload 'Kalamsat' will be the first to use PS4
as an orbital platform.
No comments:
Post a Comment