ISRO Launches Pollution-monitoring Satellite

Guwahati: the rapid growth of pollution in the country and in the world in general has irritated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), and the space research organization isro new launch a special Earth observation satellite. The only purpose behind the launch of this particular satellite is to monitor the pollution created by the country's industries.

The satellite of India, the hyperspectral imaging satellite (HySIS), in addition to monitoring the nation's pollution-creating industries, will also have other applications in agriculture, forestry, geology, coastal zone studies and inland water studies. A satellite designed to be useful for multiple sectors of the country, the HySIS weighs almost 380 kg and is launched in a solar synchronous polar orbit of 636 km. When placed in this orbit, the satellite can pass over any geographical area of ​​the Earth when the sun's inclination is the same. HySIS will have a life on mission of five years.

An ISRO official says: "The satellite will observe the surface of the earth and provide all the soil, water, vegetation and other data. Scientists can choose and choose what they want, but monitoring pollution will be possible. "

In addition to the Earth observation satellite, 30 micro and nanosatellites from eight other countries were also launched, which were launched on Thursday at 09:58 a.m. All these 31 satellites are launched in two different orbits by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle of India (PSLV C43).

Of the other 30 satellites, only EE. UU It has 22 nanosatellites and 1 microsatellite. Other countries, such as the Netherlands, Australia, Finland, Canada, Colombia, Malaysia and Spain also have their satellites launched on Thursday.

The GSAT 11 satellite, which is designed to be a heavy communication satellite, will also be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on December 5. As the satellite is quite heavy and weighs 5,854 kg, it would be too heavy to be launched by any Indian. launch vehicle.ISRO will launch 31 satellites on Thursday, November 29. The micro and nano isro new launch satellites will be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C43) in two separate orbits.

One of the satellites, Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS), will analyze pollution levels. According to Hindustan Times, the 380 kg satellite will also study water bodies, monitor geology, forestry and ecosystems. Your mission will be life for five years.

"The satellite will observe the surface of the earth and provide all the earth, water, vegetation and other data, scientists can choose what they want, but monitoring pollution will be possible," an ISRO official told HT .

PSLV C43, which is on its 45th mission, will also launch satellites from the Netherlands, Canada, Colombia, Australia, the United States, Finland and Malaysia.

"For some time now, there has been consensus that the Indian Space Research Organization should have a new launch satellite to monitor pollution, I suspect that pollution monitoring is not the satellite's main objective, but it will improve the accuracy of monitoring. the vegetation and mineralogical data, "said Dr. Sagnik Dey, of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi.