Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, K. Sivan said that by the end of October or in early November, India will be launching its advanced cartography satellite, Cartosat-3, using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
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To be equipped with strategic applications that will help taking better pictures, Cartosat-3 is an earth observation or remote sensing satellite. Also, it is an advanced version of the Cartosat-2 series satellites as it has better spatial and spectral characteristics.
Reiterating the same he said, “The next launch will be cartography satellite Cartosat-3. The launch will be towards the end of October or early November this year.”
Cartosat-3:
Cartosat-3 is the third series of earth observational or remote sensing satellite. It is an advanced version with better spatial with a range of view, and resolution of up to 0.25m or 25cm as compared to the Cartosat-2 series satellites. It is capable of producing images with one of the most high-resolution in the world, and certainly the highest of any satellites under ISRO’s umbrella. Cartosat-3 has been developed to produce high-resolution pictures for strategic applications. It is fitted with advanced remote sensing tools that will be helpful with defence. CartoSAT-3 has been designed in a way that it will be one of the most advanced imaging satellites ever built by ISRO.
In this earth observation mission, it will have powerful capabilities in multiple different spectral characteristics including:
♦ panchromatic which captures all visible colors of light
♦ multispectral which is capable of capturing light within specific ranges in the electromagnetic spectrum
♦ hyperspectral that can capture light from across the electromagnetic spectrum
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle:
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is a medium-lift launch vehicle. It has been designed and operated by ISRO.
The PSLV was designed to be 450m high and of 2.8m diameter fitted with an associate degree direction system to accomplish navigation, steering, and angle management missions.
ISRO’s Other launches using PSLV:
PSLV has launched a 62, where 27 Indian and 35 foreign, satellites together with Resource sat-2, Youthsat, X-sat, Cartosat-2B, Alsat-2A, Studsat, Ocean sat-2, six nanosatellites, Risat-2, Anusat, Cartosat-2A, IMS-1, DLR-Tubsat, capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1), KALPANA-1 and a number of other others satellites.
