ISRO’s SCATSAT-1 to study Ocean and Weather!

Q.  ISRO to launch SCATSAT-1 on September 26. What is this satellite to be used for?
- Published on 22 Sep 16

a. Weather monitoring
b. Ocean studies
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above

ANSWER: Both of the above
 
ISRO’s SCATSAT-1 to study Ocean and Weather!Indian Space Research Organisation has indicated it will launch SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studied along with 7 co-passenger satellites into polar Sun Synchronous Orbit on September 26.
  • PSLV on its 37th Flight will launch the satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
  • The SCATSAT-1 will be placed into a 720 km Polar SSO and 2 University as well as 5 froreign satellites will be placed in the 670 km polar orbit
  • This marks the first mission of PSLV launching its payloads into 2 different orbits
  • PSLV-C35 will be launched marking the 15th flight of PSLV in XL configuration
  • XL configuration is with the use of solid strap-on motors

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