{"id":35130,"date":"2018-10-31T15:23:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35130"},"modified":"2018-10-31T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:53:55","slug":"isro-to-be-back-with-launches-in-nov-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-to-be-back-with-launches-in-nov-dec\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO to be back with launches in Nov.-Dec.:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/isro-to-be-back-with-launches-in-nov-dec\/article19693943.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISRO to be back with launches in Nov.-Dec.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PSLV-C39 mission of August 31 failed to release a back-up navigation satellite into space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is PSLV?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expendable launch system<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed and operated by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Space Research Organisation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ISRO). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed to allow India to launch its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Remote Sensing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IRS) satellites into <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun-synchronous orbits<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV, commercially available only from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some notable payloads launched by PSLV include India&#8217;s first <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lunar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> probe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandrayaan-1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India&#8217;s first <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interplanetary mission<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mangalyaan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mars orbiter) and India&#8217;s first space <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">observatory<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astrosat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Antrix?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antrix Corporation Limited is the commercial arm of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Space Research Organisation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ISRO). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antrix Corporation had made the PSLV rocket a globally famous and reliable space launch vehicle; it had lifted more than 200 small foreign satellites over years. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 15 February 2017, India successfully launched a payload of 104 foreign satellites in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">polar orbit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around the Earth using PSLV tripling the previous record held by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for most number of satellites sent to space in a single launch.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is IRNSS-1H?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IRNSS-1H series satellite: The 1,425 kg-heavy satellite that was to join the NavIC constellation and provide navigation services for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IRNSS-1H was India\u2019s eighth navigation satellite which was to be launched into an elliptical Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (Sub-GSTO) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite would have served as a backup for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites of the constellation whose three rubidium atomic clocks on board had stopped functioning. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite carried two types of payloads \u2013 for navigation and ranging.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is NavIC or IRNSS?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) with an operational name of NAVIC \u00a0is an autonomous regional <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">satellite navigation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system, that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing services. It covers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a region extending 1,500 km (930 mi) around it, with plans for further extension. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system at-present consists of a constellation of 7 satellites, with two additional satellites on ground as stand-by. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Applications of IRNSS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alerts regarding bad weather or high tide could also be given to fishermen using the messaging services under NavIC. They can also be warned from crossing international boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merchant ships can use navigational information to track routes in the ocean. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search and rescue operations will also get easier. The position service of NavIC will help transport operators in tracking their goods. There can be better traffic management in cities, towns and highways.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the other applications include tracking movement of trains, alerting commuters at unmanned railway crossings, managing resources using geo-tagging and geo-fencing and management of land surveys and port operations using NavIC signals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Way forward<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Space Research Organisation expects to resume launch of satellites in a couple of months once its failure analysis committee releases its report. The committee is conducting tests on why the PSLV-C39 mission of August 31 failed to release a back-up navigation satellite into space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRO to be back with launches in Nov.-Dec.: Context The PSLV-C39 mission of August 31 failed to release a back-up navigation satellite into space. What is PSLV? The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 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