ISRO Launches CARTOSAT 3 and 13 nano Satellites

#PSLV-C47 Successfully injects #Cartosat3 spacecraft into orbit.
13 Commercial Satellites from the USA Successfully placed in their designated orbits. #PSLVC47.

PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

• It is an indigenously-developed expendable launch system of the ISRO.
• designed mainly to deliver the "Earth-Observation" or "remote-sensing" satellites with a lift-off mass of up to about 1750 kg.

CARTOSAT-3

• 3rd generation agile advanced satellite having High-resolution imaging capability.
• The satellite was placed in an orbit of 509 km at an inclination of 97.5 degrees.
• Mr. Sivan said, "Cartosat-3 is India's highest resolution civilian satellite, and the most complex and advanced earth observation satellite ISRO has built so far".
• Launch mass - 1,625kg, Mission duration- 5years.

CARTOSAT Series

• CARTOSAT-1
• CARTOSAT-2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F
• CARTOSAT-3

>One of CARTOSAT-3's Cameras Offers a ground resolution of 25cm

>Currently, WorldView-3 a satellite owned by US company Maxar, has the best ground resolution of 31cm.

American Satellites

• According to ISRO, 12 of the US nanosatellites, named FLOCK-4P, are earth observation satellite and the 13th is called MESHBED, a communication testbed satellite.
• Before today, India with its PSLV rocket has put into orbit 297 foreign satellites.
• When the PSLV rocket on Wednesday puts into 13 American nanosatellites then the total number of foreign satellites that India has launched will touch 310.