ISRO to launch earth observation satellite on August 12

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch an Earth Observation Satellite on August 12 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, at Sriharikota.

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The satellite, EOS-03, will be carried on board the 14th flight of the GSLV, the GSLV-F10, and will place the satellite in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.

The satellite will reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system.

A 4-metre diameter Ogive-shaped payload fairing is being flown for the first time in this GSLV flight.

The EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile satellite that would enable real-time monitoring of natural disasters such as floods and cyclones, monitoring of water bodies, crops, vegetation condition, forest cover changes among others.