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India's Spy, Education Satellites Launched Successfully!

In its 15th mission carried out from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota today, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C12) successfully placed two satellites - RISAT-2 and ANUSAT - in the desired orbit. The intended orbit of the satellites is at 550 km with an inclination of 41 degree.
RISAT-2 is India's first all-weather spy satellite with capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as cloudy conditions. RISAT-2 weighs 300 kg and will have a life span of three years. This satellite will be used to monitor India's borders and as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations. The spacecraft is built by Israeli Aerospace Industries. RISAT-2 will enhance ISRO’s capability for earth observation, especially during floods, cyclones, landslides and management of disasters in a more effective way.

In addition to RISAT-2, PSLV also carried the 40 kg micro satellite named ANUSAT, built by Anna University, Chennai. ANUSAT is the first experimental communication satellite built by an Indian University under the over all guidance of ISRO and will demonstrate the technologies related to message store and forward operations. It carries an amateur radio and technology demonstration experiments.

"Again, we have set a record. As in the past, we declared the launch date, time and we made it happen. RISAT-2 would be a good asset to national resources, and I am sure it is going to serve the country well," G Madhavan Nair, chairman, ISRO told PTI.

"The year 2009 has started off well. The final moments of the launch were more thrilling than a cricket match as we hit a few boundaries and bowled some googlies," added Nair. He said the performance of the PSLV-C12 launch vehicle was "precise and on the dot."

PSLV-C12 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at 6:45 am IST today with the ignition of its first stage. The important flight events included the separation of the first stage, ignition of the second stage, separation of the payload fairing at about 125 km altitude after the vehicle had cleared the dense atmosphere, second stage separation, third stage ignition, third stage separation, fourth stage ignition and fourth stage cut-off.

Today’s launch was the 14th consecutive success for PSLV. In these launches, PSLV has placed a total of 14 Indian satellites and 16 foreign satellites into Polar, Geosynchronous Transfer and Low Earth Orbits.

It may be recalled that during its previous mission on 22 October 2008, PSLV had successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, which is now exploring the moon from lunar orbit.