ISRO's Cartosat-2 satellite sends first image of this Indian city from space
has started functioning in space, and has now sent the first image. The satellite sent first image of an Indian city on its first day in space which ISRO received on Monday. The first image shows part of Indore city (Madhya Pradesh) with Holkar Cricket Stadium in the middle.
ISRO's first 2018 mission successfully launched last week, and now all satellites have been positioned as expected. Out of all satellites that were part of PSLV-C40 mission, ISRO deployed three satellites which included Cartosat-2 series satellite.
Detailing the functionalities of Cartosat-2 series satellite, ISRO had previously stated that it will send imagery which will be useful for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other land information system (LIS) as well as geographical information system (GIS) applications.
PSLV-C40 was launched on Friday from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The total weight of PSLV-C40 with the 31 satellites carried onboard was about 1323 kilograms.
Apart from Cartosat-2 series satellite, PSLV-C40 carried a Microsat built by ISRO as a co-passenger payload. Microsat is a small satellite in the 100-kilogram class that derives its heritage from IMS-1 bus. ISRO says that the Microsat is a technology demonstrator and the fore runner for future satellite of this series. Another on-board ISRO satellite was INS-1C (Indian Nano Sattelite), and was the third satellite in the Indian Nanosatellite series.
ISRO's first 2018 mission successfully launched last week, and now all satellites have been positioned as expected. Out of all satellites that were part of PSLV-C40 mission, ISRO deployed three satellites which included Cartosat-2 series satellite.
Detailing the functionalities of Cartosat-2 series satellite, ISRO had previously stated that it will send imagery which will be useful for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other land information system (LIS) as well as geographical information system (GIS) applications.
PSLV-C40 was launched on Friday from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The total weight of PSLV-C40 with the 31 satellites carried onboard was about 1323 kilograms.
Apart from Cartosat-2 series satellite, PSLV-C40 carried a Microsat built by ISRO as a co-passenger payload. Microsat is a small satellite in the 100-kilogram class that derives its heritage from IMS-1 bus. ISRO says that the Microsat is a technology demonstrator and the fore runner for future satellite of this series. Another on-board ISRO satellite was INS-1C (Indian Nano Sattelite), and was the third satellite in the Indian Nanosatellite series.
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