Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 03:49 PM IST
Satellites built and launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are not just meeting India’s domestic requirements across domains, but their data is also used by America and Australia for issuing weather warnings, said Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, the former Director of ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Center.
Speaking at a virtual event titled “Science and technology for a Self-Reliant India”, organized by the Press Information Bureau, he said that the combined use of satellite data and drones had even contained and prevented the spread of locust attacks in parts of North India.
Dr. Annadurai, who currently serves as the Vice President of Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology elaborated on how indigenous technology was catering to local and International demands.
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PSLV-C50 successfully launches communication satellite CMS-01
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December 17, 2020
Sriharikota, Dec 17: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) s PSLV-C50 lifted off successfully from the Sriharikota spaceport near Chennai. The rocket is carrying orbiting communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R).
The rocket lifted at 3:41 p.m. from the second launch pad at the rocket port in Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh. After about 20 minutes into its flight, it will eject CMS-01 into geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) and from there, the satellite will be taken up and positioned in the geosynchronous stationary orbit.
The 44-metre-high four-staged engine, PSLV-C50, is the 22nd flight of PSLV in XL configuration (with six strap-on motors hugging the first stage). It will be the 52nd mission for India s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
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