ISRO on Friday launched its third and ultimate developmental flight, Small Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile-D3, carrying Earth Remark Satellite tv for pc EOS-08.
The rocket lifted off majestically from the primary launch pad on the Satish Dhawan Area Centre right here, located about 135 km east of Chennai at a pre-fixed time of 9.17 am.
The aims of the SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission embody designing and creating a microsatellite and creating payload devices suitable with the microsatellite bus, the Bengaluru-headquartered nationwide house company mentioned.
Constructed on the Microsat/IMS-1 bus, EOS-08 carries three payloads–Electro Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR), World Navigation Satellite tv for pc System-Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R) and SiC UV Dosimeter.
The EOIR payload is designed to seize photographs within the Mid-Wave IR (MIR) and Lengthy-Wave IR (LWIR) bands, each through the day and night time, for functions resembling satellite-based surveillance, catastrophe monitoring, environmental monitoring, fireplace detection, volcanic exercise remark and industrial and energy plant catastrophe monitoring.
The GNSS-R payload demonstrates the potential of utilizing GNSS-R-based distant sensing for functions resembling ocean floor wind evaluation, soil moisture evaluation, cryosphere research over the Himalayan area, flood detection, and inland waterbody detection.
The SiC UV Dosimeter screens UV irradiance on the viewport of the Crew Module within the Gaganyaan Mission and serves as a high-dose alarm sensor for gamma radiation.
