ISRO’SPSLV-C35 PLACES
SCATSAT-1,SEVEN OTHER SATELLITES IN ORBIT IN LONGEST EVER LAUNCH MISSION
എട്ട് ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങളുമായി
പി.എസ്.എല്.വി സി-35 വിക്ഷേപിച്ചു
Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday
successfully placed advanced weather satelliteSCATSAT-1 and seven
othersatellites in orbits
in its longest ever launch mission, which spanned over two hours and 15 minutes.It
is for the first time that satellites were placed in two different orbits with
a single rocket. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre director K Sivan said, "The
rocket has placed all the satellites in precise orbits."The Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C35) carrying the eight satellites took off from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.12am. Around 17 minutes later,
SCATSAT-1, the main payload of PSLV in its 37th flight, was placed in the polar
sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 730km.
SCATSAT-1, which will provide weather forecast including cyclone detection and tracking, will succeed the now defunct Oceansat-2 satellite launched in 2009.
SCATSAT-1, which will provide weather forecast including cyclone detection and tracking, will succeed the now defunct Oceansat-2 satellite launched in 2009.
Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar said
SCATSAT-1 would be a stop gap arrangement between Oceansat-1 and Oceansat-2.After
the first satellite injection, PSLV-C35 coasted for an hour before its
fourth-stage engine was reignited and shut down, for about 20 seconds. This
provided the rocket the necessary thrust to coast into the polar orbit at an
altitude of 689km.Again, after an hour, the engine was restarted and cut
off within a period of about one minute for it to further coast. It then began
injecting the rest of the satellites. They included two satellites developed by
educational institutions -- Pratham from IIT-Bombay and Pisat from PES
University, Bangalore, and its consortium -- and five other commercial
satellites from Algeria, Canada and the US.
Mission director B Jayakumar said, "The mission had many complexities -planning and execution, power management and thermal management.
Mission director B Jayakumar said, "The mission had many complexities -planning and execution, power management and thermal management.
PSLV now has the flexibility to suit customer demands."The
challenge in the launch was igniting and shutting down the fourth-stage engine,
called multiple burn technology, twice within a short span of time in a cold
and low-gravity environment and letting it coast further. Isro demonstrated the
technology in its two previous PSLV launches - PSLV-C34 in June 2016 and
PSLV-C29 in December 2015. But the trickiest part was to cool down the engine
between two restarts and protect the rocket and satellites from the heat
generated when the engine is operational.
Mastering the technology meant that Isro can
accommodate satellites meant for different orbits in a single rocket thereby
saving costs. Earlier, they had to build separate rockets to be flown to
different orbits. It would cost around Rs 120 crore on an average to build a
PSLV.Placing satellites in different orbits will also facilitate
launching more such commercial satellites in the future.Kiran Kumar said
assembling of various stages for GSLV Mark III began on Sunday. "We are
gearing up for the launch at the earliest." GSAT18 would be launched on
July 4, he added.
കാലാവസ്ഥാ സമുദ്ര ഗവേഷണ ഉപഗ്രമായ സ്കാറ്റ്സാറ്റ്-1 ഉള്പ്പെടെ എട്ട് ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങളുമായി പി.എസ്എല്വി സി 35 വിജയകരമായി വിക്ഷേപിച്ചു. ശ്രീഹരിക്കോട്ടയിലെ സതീഷ് ധവാന് സ്പേസ് സെന്ററില് നിന്ന് ഇന്ന് രാവിലെ 9.12 നായിരുന്നു വിക്ഷേപണം. ആദ്യമായാണ് ഒരേ ദൗത്യത്തിന് രണ്ടു വ്യത്യസ്ത ഭ്രമണപഥങ്ങളില്
ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങളെ എത്തിക്കാന് ഐ.എസ്.ആര്.ഒ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നത്. വിക്ഷേപിച്ചു 17 മിനുറ്റും 32 സെക്കന്ഡും പിന്നിടുമ്പോള്
സ്കാറ്റ്സാറ്റ്-1നെ 730 കിലോമീറ്റര് ഉയരത്തിലുള്ള ഭ്രമണപഥത്തിലെത്തിക്കും.
തുടര്ന്നാണ് മറ്റു ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങളെ ഭ്രമണപഥത്തില്
എത്തിക്കുക. പി.എസ്.എല്വിയുടെ ഏറ്റവും ദൈര്ഘ്യമേറിയ വിക്ഷേപണമാണിത്.
ഇതിന് ഏകദേശം രണ്ടുമണിക്കുറിലധികം വേണ്ടിവരും. 371 കിലോ ഭാരമാണ് സ്കാറ്റ്സാറ്റ്-1നുള്ളത്. യു.എസ്, കാനഡ എന്നിവിടങ്ങളില്
നിന്നുള്ളവയാണ് ബാക്കി ഏഴ് ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങള്. എല്ലാ ഉപഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെയും
ഭാരം 675 കിലോയാണെന്ന് ഐ.എസ്.ആര്.ഒ അറിയിച്ചു.
Prof. John Kurakar
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