ISRO – PSLV-C42 Mission Success

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Sept. 17, 2018

PSLV-C42 Liftoff

PSLV-C42 Successfully Launches two foreign satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota on September 16, 2018 at 16:38 GMT.

This mission was designed to launch two earth observation satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4 (together weighing nearly 889 kg) of M/s Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL), United Kingdom under commercial arrangement with Antrix Corporation Limited, Department of Space. Both satellites were injected into 583 km Sun Synchronous Orbit.

PSLV-C42 Liftoff and Onboard Camera View

NovaSAR is a S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite intended for forest mapping, land use & ice cover monitoring, flood & disaster monitoring.

S1-4 is a high resolution Optical Earth Observation Satellite, used for surveying resources, environment monitoring, urban management and for the disaster monitoring.

The NovaSAR 1 spacecraft carries a radar imaging instrument, and the mission was developed in partnership between the British government and the British satellite manufacturer SSTL. The SSTL S1-4 satellite, also built by SSTL, is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite identical to three DMC3/TripleSat reconnaissance craft launched in 2015. Beijing-based 21AT will lease imaging capacity on the SSTL S1-4 satellite.

Related article:

SSTL confirms the successful launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 satellites
https://www.sstl.co.uk/media-hub/latest-news/2018/sstl-confirms-the-successful-launch-of-novasar-1-a

For more information about Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), visit: https://www.isro.gov.in/

For more information about Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL). visit: https://www.sstl.co.uk/

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