Microsat - R

Why is it in news?
  • Indian Space Research Organisation's first mission of 2019 is going into space.
  • It’s a Microsat-R, a 130-kg military imaging satellite.
More in news
  • Satellite would be placed within 15 minutes after take-off in a polar orbit 274 km away from Earth.
  • This is much lower than any of its civil Earth observation spacecraft, which fly pole to pole over the globe at between 400 km and 700 km.
  • Kalamsat, a small student payload, will be the first to use PS4 as an orbital platform.
  • In PSLV-C44, the fourth stage (PS4) of the vehicle will be moved to higher circular orbit so as to establish an orbital platform for carrying out experiments.
Source
The Hindu




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 24th Jan 2019
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