{"id":178257,"date":"2022-04-08T21:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=178257"},"modified":"2022-04-08T21:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:39:29","slug":"union-minister-says-eos-02-satellite-will-be-launched-in-second-quarter-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-says-eos-02-satellite-will-be-launched-in-second-quarter-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Minister says EOS-02 satellite will be launched in second quarter of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister of Science &amp; Technology has informed Rajya Sabha about the EOS-02 and EOS-03 satellites.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is EOS-02?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>EOS-02<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a planned Earth observation satellite being developed by the ISRO as a test payload for the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite is intended for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">applications that include agriculture, forestry, geology, hydrology, and miniaturized power electronics among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Launch Date: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite will be launched in the second quarter of 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What about EOS-03?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EOS-03 is the First Agile Earth Observation satellite in Geostationary orbit. It was launched from the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10(GSLV-F10).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was intended for applications that include near real-time imaging, quick monitoring of natural disasters, spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, ISRO\u2019s attempt to put the EOS-03 satellite using GSLV-F10 into orbit failed due to an anomaly in the Cryogenic Upper Stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What about other EOS Satellites?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>EOS-01: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched in 2020. It is an Earth Observation satellite meant for Agriculture, Forestry &amp; disaster management support<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EOS-04: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radar Imaging satellite meant to provide high-quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as Agriculture, Forestry &amp; Plantations, Soil Moisture &amp; Hydrology and Flood Mapping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EOS-05:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Earth Observation Satellite in the Geostationary Orbit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EOS-06:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Earth Observation satellite meant for applications, which include ocean-related services and advisories towards potential fishing zone forecast, and ocean state forecast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201cUnion Minister says EOS-02 satellite will be launched in second quarter of 2022\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on <\/span><b>7th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Union Minister of Science &amp; Technology has informed Rajya Sabha about the EOS-02 and EOS-03 satellites. What is EOS-02? EOS-02 is a planned Earth observation satellite being developed by the ISRO as a test payload for the maiden launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV). Purpose: The satellite is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/union-minister-says-eos-02-satellite-will-be-launched-in-second-quarter-of-2022\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union Minister says EOS-02 satellite will be launched in second quarter of 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-178257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704927849},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}