Two weeks after its successful launch of Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial satellites from USA the Indian Space Reserach Organization (ISRO) is all set for its next assignment. This time its the launch of Border Surveillance Satellite RISAT-2BR1.
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— ISRO (@isro) December 9, 2019
Top view of #PSLVC48, prominently featuring the bulbous payload fairing that houses #RISAT2BR1 & 9 customer satellites.
Launch at 1525 hrs IST on December 11, 2019 pic.twitter.com/KJNe6P8hO0
ISRO made the announcement of RISAT-2BR1’s launch on 4th of December on its twitter handle. Seeing the curiosity of people in its missions the space organization also opened registration for those who wanted to watch it all live from the ‘Launch View Gallery’.
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— ISRO (@isro) December 5, 2019
Registrations for witnessing launch of #PSLVC48 / #RISAT2BR1 mission (scheduled on 11.12.2019 at 1525 hrs IST) from Launch View Gallery, SHAR Sriharikota will open from 06.12.2019 at 0800 hrs IST.
Click here for registration- https://t.co/3CbfTbkaOp pic.twitter.com/x5iUbTRMVb
The launch would take place from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR on the back of PSLV-C48. The mission would be the 50th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle aka PSLV.
The countdown for the launch of #PSLVC48/#RISAT2BR1 mission commenced today at 1640 Hrs (IST) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.#ISRO pic.twitter.com/fJYmCFRpJc
— ISRO (@isro) December 10, 2019
Like last time the radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 would not be alone on board of PSLVC-C48 and would have 9 customer satellites one each from Israel, Italy, Japan and 6 from the U.S.A.
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— ISRO (@isro) December 10, 2019
Filling of Oxidiser for the fourth stage(PS4) of #PSLVC48 completed
The launch that is scheduled for 1525 Hrs IST today (December 11, 2019) would aim to put the RISAT-2BR1 satellite into an orbit of 576 km at an inclination of 37 degrees. The countdown for the launch begun yesterday on 4:40 P.M. as informed by the ISRO.
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Filling of propellant for the second stage(PS2) of #PSLVC48 completed— ISRO (@isro) December 11, 2019
In its latest tweet today ISRO informed that filling of propellant for the second stage(PS2) of PSLV-C48 was completed. The visuals of the launch would be aired live on ISRO’s YouTube channel and Doordarshan Network.
