{"id":34476,"date":"2022-11-27T12:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T06:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=34476"},"modified":"2025-04-20T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:40:37","slug":"pslv-c54-successfully-places-earth-observation-satellite-8-nano-satellites-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pslv-c54-successfully-places-earth-observation-satellite-8-nano-satellites-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"PSLV-C54 Successfully Places Earth Observation Satellite, 8 Nano Satellites in Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>About the mission<\/li>\n<li>The India-Bhutan Satellite<\/li>\n<li>Future missions ISRO is planning<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why In News ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 9 satellites, including an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06), into multiple orbits using the space agency&#8217;s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) in one of its longest missions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the mission:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/editor_images\/2022\/11\/27\/12\/58\/34\/638311a2cd651e05bc92b941_OI.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launch vehicle: PSLV:\u00a0<\/strong>This is the 56th flight of the PSLV and the 24th flight of the PSLV-XL version that took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota.\n<ul>\n<li>The PSLV is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the ISRO.<\/li>\n<li>It was developed in\u00a0<strong>1993\u00a0<\/strong>to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits.\n<ul>\n<li>PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Some notable payloads launched by PSLV include India&#8217;s first lunar probe\u00a0<strong>Chandrayaan-1<\/strong>, India&#8217;s first interplanetary mission &#8211; Mars Orbiter Mission (<strong>Mangalyaan<\/strong>) and India&#8217;s first space observatory &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Astrosat<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PSLV-XL<\/strong>\u00a0is the upgraded version of PSLV which uses larger strap-on motors (<strong>PSOM-XL<\/strong>\u00a0or S12) to achieve higher payload capability up to 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) to Sun-synchronous orbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Satellites:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 8 nano satellites:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It includes ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B), Anand, Astrocast (four satellites) and two Thybolt satellites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>EOS-6:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<u>Oceansat series\u2019 3rd-generation satellite<\/u>\u00a0envisaged to observe ocean colour data, sea surface temperature and wind vector data to use in oceanography, climatic and meteorological applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Separation of the satellites:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The primary satellite (EOS-06) was separated in Orbit-1 and subsequently, orbit was changed by using two Orbit Change Thrusters (OCTs) introduced in the Propulsion Bay Ring of the PSLV-C54.<\/li>\n<li>Later, all the 7 commercial satellites from\u00a0<strong>NewSpace India Limited<\/strong>\u00a0(NSIL) were deployed successfully.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Astrocast<\/strong>, a 3U spacecraft from Spaceflight Inc, US, was separated.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Thybolt<\/strong>, a 0.5U spacecraft bus with a communication payload to enable rapid technology demonstration and constellation development from Dhruva Space, was then placed in the intended orbit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Anand<\/strong>\u00a0three axis stabilised nano satellite, a technology demonstrator from Pixxel, India was also placed in the orbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The India-Bhutan Satellite:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The INS-2B satellite<\/strong>, a joint mission between India and Bhutan, contains two payloads &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NanoMx<\/strong>, a multispectral optical imaging payload developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), and<\/li>\n<li><strong>APRS-Digipeater<\/strong>, built collaboratively by DITT-Bhutan and URSC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The India-Bhutan satellite achieved a historic milestone in\u00a0<strong>India\u2019s bi-lateral cooperation with Bhutan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Also, the ISRO is working with Bhutan in establishing a ground station in Thimphu, which will be commissioned shortly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Future missions ISRO is planning:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ISRO is planning to have its mission to the sun with its satellite\u00a0<strong>Aditya-L1<\/strong>, a coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere, with a PSLV rocket next year.<\/li>\n<li>The space agency will also launch\u00a0<strong>4 navigation satellites<\/strong>\u00a0for the country\u2019s NavIC constellation, with the first one going up in 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PSLV-C54 is the 56th mission of Indian Space Research Organisation&#8217;s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle , PSLV-C54 upsc , Current Affairs for Mains revision, UPSC Current Affairs, Daily Current Affairs, Current Affairs 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