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PSLV

• PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) is an  indigenously-developed expendable launch system  of the ISRO.
• PSLV is used for delivering various satellites to Low Earth Orbits. It is designed mainly to deliver the “earth- observation” or “remote-sensing” satellites with lift-off  mass of up to about 1750 Kg

CARTOSAT-3

• Cartosat-3 satellite is a third generation agile  advanced satellite having high resolution  imaging capability.
• The satellite was placed in an orbit of 509 km at an inclination of 97.5 degree.

SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT

• India’s Polar  Satellite Launch  Vehicle, PSLV-C47  launched Cartosat-3 and 13  commercial  nanosatellites into  Sun Synchronous  orbit

CARTOSAT SERIES

• The Cartosat satellites are a series of Indian earth  observation satellites built and operated by the  Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• The Cartosat series is a part of the Indian Remote  Sensing Program.They are used for Earth’s  resource management defence services and  monitoring.

CARTOSAT LIST

INTEGRATED SPACE  CELL

• CARTOSAT-2A is a dedicated satellite for the  Indian Armed Forces

• One of Cartosat-3’s cameras offers a ground  resolution of 25 cm – this means it can pick  up an object of a minimum of that size  from a height of around 500 km.
• Currently,WorldView-3, a satellite owned by  US company Maxar, has the best ground  resolution of 31 cm.

CARTOSAT 3

• Mr Sivan said. “Cartosat-3 is India’s highest  resolution civilian satellite, and the most complex  and advanced earth observation satellite ISRO has  built so far,”

CARTOSAT-3

• Launch mass 1,625 kg
• Mission duration 5 years
• Nano Satellite 1 to 10 (kg)

AMERICAN SATELLITES

• According to ISRO, 12 of the US nano satellites,  named as FLOCK-4P, are earth observation  satellites and the 13th is called MESHBED, a  communication test bed satellite.
• Before today, India with its PSLV rocket has put into  orbit 297 foreign satellites.When the PSLV rocket  on Wednesday puts into orbit 13 American nano  satellites then the total number of foreign satellites  that India has launched will touch 310.

ORDER OF THE LAUNCH

• The order to launch the American satellites was  bagged by the NewSpace India Limited formed  only in March 2019, with an almost identical  business plan to that of Antrix Corporation, the  first commercial arm of the Indian Space Research  Organisation (ISRO).

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