Microsat R

25 Jan

India puts into orbit satellite ‘Microsat R’ for DRDO and ‘Kalamsat’

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India on Thursday night opened the year's space campaign by putting into orbit defence imaging satellite "Microsat R" for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and students-built nano-satellite "Kalamsat" in a copy book style.The notable aspects of this space mission are flying of a new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), switching off and on of the fourth stage engine couple of times, and use of fourth stage as an orbital platform carrying Kalamsat. After the successful launch, ISRO Chairman K. Sivan said: "The mission is a grand success. The PSLV rocket precisely injected the Microsat…

17 Jan

India to launch imaging satellite Microsat-R on Jan 24

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an imaging satellite Microsat-R along with a student payload 'Kalamsat' from its spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on January 24, it announced on Thursday."The 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C44) will launch Microsat-R and Kalamsat from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on January 24," the state-run space agency said in a statement on its website. The country's only spaceport is located at Sriharikota, about 90 km northeast of Chennai.The four-stage launch vehicle which has alternating solid and liquid stages, with two strap-on configuration…