PSLV-C24 Lift off Indian Space Researh Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C23, is scheduled to orbit Airbus Space an...
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| PSLV-C24 Lift off |
PSLV-C23 will carry the 714 kg Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7 as the main payload, with 14 kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) & NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) of Canada each weighing 15 kg, and the 7 kg VELOX-1 of Singapore as piggyback.
ISRO has completed integration of the five satellites with PSLV-C23 and the final phase of checks is progressing. The Mission Readiness Review (MRR) Committee and the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) will meet on June 27, 2014 to review the progress of prelaunch activities. After the clearance from LAB, the 49 hour count down for the mission will commence at 08:49 hrs IST on June 28, 2014.
SPOT 7 will join its twin, SPOT 6, to provide an even better high- resolution service until 2024, which was also launched by PSLV in 2012.
SPOT 7 will deliver imaging resolution of up to 1.5 metres, better than the SPOT 5 satellite, which has been in operation since 2002. Airbus has two very-high-resolution satellites Pleiades 1A and Pleiades 1B in the same orbit.
Based on the Astrobus platform designed by Airbus Defence and Space, SPOT 7 offers improved performance and is also four times lighter against SPOT 5’s three tonnes.
SPOT 7 has a designed service life of 10 years.
