{"id":37701,"date":"2018-11-28T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T11:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=37701"},"modified":"2018-11-28T17:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T11:55:57","slug":"isro-to-launch-new-imaging-satellite-hysis-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-to-launch-new-imaging-satellite-hysis-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO to launch new imaging satellite HysIS on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/isro-to-launch-new-imaging-satellite-hysis-on-thursday\/article25605073.ecef\">ISRO to launch new imaging satellite HysIS on Thursday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>ISRO\u2019s workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 will carry India\u2019s earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites, including 23 from the US, from Sriharikota on November 29.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>About the launch:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>HysIS, the country&#8217;s first hyperspectral imaging satellite for advanced Earth observation will be launched from Sriharikota.<\/li>\n<li>It is the primary satellite of the PSLV-C43 mission.<\/li>\n<li>The satellite will be placed in 636 km polar sun synchronous orbit (SSO) with mission life of five years.<\/li>\n<li>The co-passengers of HysIS include one micro and 29 nano satellites from eight different countries, the agency said, adding, all these satellites will be placed in a 504 km orbit by PSLV-C43.<\/li>\n<li>The countries comprise United States of America (23 satellites), Australia, Canada, Columbia, Finland, Malaysia, Netherlands and Spain (one satellite each).<\/li>\n<li>HysIS will be the third longest mission of PSLV.<\/li>\n<li>The longest mission, C-40 in 2018, lasted two hours and 21 minutes and put 31 satellites to orbit.<\/li>\n<li>In September 2016 and C-35 lifted eight satellites in a flight lasting two hours and 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Significance of the launch:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The technology will be an added advantage of watching over India from space for a variety of purposes such as defence, agriculture, land use, minerals and so on.<\/li>\n<li>It can also be highly useful in marking out a suspect object or person and separate it from the background which could aid in detecting transborder or other stealthy movements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>About <\/strong><strong>hyperspectral imaging camera (<\/strong><strong>HysIS)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The primary goal of HysIS is to study the Earth\u2019s surface in visible, near-infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.<\/li>\n<li>HysIs in space can provide well-defined images that can help to identify objects on Earth far more clearly than regular optical or remote sensing cameras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2008, a small 83-kg demonstration microsatellite called IMS-1 (Indian Mini Satellite-1) was launched as a secondary passenger with Cartosat-2A.<\/li>\n<li>In the same year, it put a HysSI or Hyperspectral Imager on the first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 and used it to scan Moon&#8217;s surface for minerals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>About PSLV:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>PSLV is ISRO\u2019s third generation launch vehicle and is a four-stage launch vehicle with alternating solid and liquid stages and engines.<\/li>\n<li>It can carry upto 1,750 kg of payload into polar SSO of 600 km altitude.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, PSLV has been used to launch planetary missions and also satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharper.jpg?resize=406%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharper.jpg?w=406&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharper.jpg?resize=129%2C150&amp;ssl=1 129w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/sharper.jpg?resize=258%2C300&amp;ssl=1 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRO to launch new imaging satellite HysIS on Thursday News: ISRO\u2019s workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 will carry India\u2019s earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites, including 23 from the US, from Sriharikota on November 29. 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