ISRO's PSLV-C14 successfully launches Oceansat-2 and 6 nano satellites into orbit

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ISRO's PSLV-C14 successfully launches Oceansat-2 and 6 nano satellites into orbit

24-Sep-2009 / ( Technology - | | )

ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization - has successfully launched Oceansat-2 and 6 other nano satellites into space on 23 Sept 2009.

The satellites were sent into space aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV-C14. The PSLV-C14 lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota with its payload of 960 kg Oceansat-2 and other nano satellites at 11:51 am Indian Time.

Oceansat-2, was the first satellite to be injected into orbit at 1081 seconds after lift-off at an altitude of 728 km. About 45 seconds later, four of the six nano satellites were separated in sequence. The initial signals indicate normal health of the satellites.

PSLV-C14 mission carried six nano satellites - Cubesat 1, 2, 3 and 4 as well as Rubin 9.1 and 9.2 - as auxiliary payloads along with Oceansat - 2. The weight of these nano satellites was in 2-8 kg range. Oceansat - 2 and the six auxiliary payloads were placed in a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit inclined at an angle of 98.28 degree to the equator.

Oceansat-2 is the sixteenth remote sensing satellite of India. The state-of-the-art Oceansat-2 carries three payloads and has the shape of a cuboid with two solar panels projecting from its sides.

An eight band Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) payload carried by Oceansat-2 images a swath (strip of land or ocean) of 1420 km width with a resolution of 360 metre and works in the Visible and Near Infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Ku-band Scatterometer with a 1 metre diameter antenna rotating at 20 rpm, works at a frequency of 13.515 GHz.

The Scatterometer covers a swath of 1400 km and operates continuously. ROSA is a GPS Receiver for atmospheric sounding by radio occultation built by Italian Space Agency (ASI).

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