India’s
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 47th mission (PSLV-C45)
successfully launches EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Weighing about 436 kg, EMISAT
based on ISRO’s Indian Mini Satellite -2 (IMS-2) bus platform. The satellite is
intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement. Sriharikota, April 1: The
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched the
electronic intelligence satellite-EMISAT and 28 other foreign satellites from
Sriharikota. The EMISAT satellite, of the Defence Research Development
Organisation (DRDO), is aimed at electromagnetic measurement. The mission will
mark several firsts to the credit of the space agency as it would manoeuvre
satellites in various orbits and orbital experiments including on maritime
satellite applications. The four-stage PSLV-C45 blasted off from the second
launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota, at 9.27 AM on Monday. Here's All
You Need to Know About EMISAT-the Electronic Intelligence Satellite.
The PS4
orbital platform is envisaged to provide a microgravity environment for
research organisations and academic institutes to perform experiments. In this mission, the PS4 hosts three
payloads, namely, Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO, Automatic
Packet Repeating System (APRS) from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation), India and Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for Ionospheric
Studies (ARIS) from Indian Institute of Space Science and technology (IIST).


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