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PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission PSLV-C40

In this report you will be reading about 

• Details of PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission PSLV-C40
• What is Cartosat-2 Series Satellite
• When was PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite launched?
• Details, facts about PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite
• More facts, details about PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2
• How many satellites PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2 carried with it
• How many country satellites were carried by PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2
• Images of PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2
• Videos of PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2
• Videos of PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2 Mission
• Video of PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2 launch

January 12, 2018 has proved to be a day when India took a big leap when ISRO launched its 100th satellite ISRO PSLV-C40 and placed Cartosat-2 Series into the orbit. 

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its forty second flight. (PSLV-C40), launched the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth observation and 30 other co-passenger satellites together weighing about 613 kg at lift-off. The co-passenger satellites comprise one microsatellite and one nanosatellite from India as well.

What is Cartosat-2 Series Satellite

Cartosat-2 Series Satellite is the primary satellite carried by PSLV-C40. This remote sensing satellite is similar in configuration to earlier satellites in the series and is intended to augment data services to the users.

The imagery sent by satellite 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.

When was PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite launched?

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission was
launched on Jan 12, 2018 at 09:29 Hrs (IST) from SDSC
SHAR, Sriharikota.

Details, facts about PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite

Launch Mass: 710 Kg
Launch Vehicle: PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission
Type of Satellite: Earth Observation
Manufacturer:  ISRO
Application:  Earth Observation
Orbit Type: SSPO

More facts, details about PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second
flight (PSLV-C40), successfully launched the 710 kg
Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth observation and 30
co-passenger satellites together weighing about 613 kg
at lift-off. PSLV-C40 was launched from the First Launch
Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
SHAR, Sriharikota.

Three Microsatellites and 25 Nanosatellites from six countries

The co-passenger satellites comprise one Microsatellite
and one Nanosatellite from India as well as 3
Microsatellites and 25 Nanosatellites from six countries,
namely, Canada, Finland, France, Republic of Korea, UK
and USA. The total weight of all the 31 satellites carried
onboard PSLV-C40 is about 1323 kg.

The 28 International customer satellites were launched as
part of the commercial arrangements between Antrix
Corporation Limited (Antrix), a Government of India
company under Department of Space (DOS), the
commercial arm of ISRO and the International customers.

Images of PSLV C40 Satellite Cartosat-2

 

 

 

Video of PSLV-C40 _ Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Launch January 12, 2018

 

First Day Image from #Cartosat2 Series Satellite released by @isro . Congratulations @isro team. pic.twitter.com/qEyVNlTnZa

— Vishesh Baat News (@VisheshBaat) January 16, 2018