Cartosat-3
Render of Cartosat-3 satellite in deployed configuration | |
Names | CartoSat-3 |
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Mission type | Earth Observation |
Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2019-081A |
SATCAT no. | 44804 |
Website | https://www.isro.gov.in/ |
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 4 years, 6 months and 19 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | CartoSat-3 |
Bus | IRS-2 |
Manufacturer | Indian Space Research Organisation |
Launch mass | 1,625 kg (3,583 lb) [1] |
Power | 2000 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 November 2019, 03:58 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL, PSLV-C47 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Second Launch Pad (SLP) |
Contractor | Indian Space Research Organisation |
Entered service | 24 February 2020 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit |
Periapsis altitude | 450 km (280 mi) |
Apoapsis altitude | 450 km (280 mi) |
Inclination | 97.5° |
Period | 100.0 minutes |
Instruments | |
Panchromatic Camera (PAN) Multispectral VNIR (MX) | |
Cartosat ← Cartosat-2F Cartosat-3A → |
Cartosat-3 is an advanced Indian Earth observation satellite built and developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which replaces the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) series. It has a panchromatic resolution of 0.25 metres making it one of the imaging satellite with highest resolution in the world at the time of launch and MX of 1 metre with a high quality resolution which is a major improvement from the previous payloads in the Cartosat series.[3][4][5]
Potential uses include weather mapping, cartography or defence, and strategic applications.[3]
Overview
Cartosat-3 has a resolution of 25 cm (10").[6] It uses 1.2 m optics with 60% of weight removal compared to Cartosat-2. Other features include the use of adaptive optics, acousto optical devices, in-orbit focusing using MEMs and large area-light weight mirrors and advanced sense with a high quality resolution. It has a planned mission life of 5 years.[7] Approved cost of Cartosat-3 is ₹351.16 crore (US$42 million).[8] It captures Panchromatic and Multispectral images with spectral bandwidth from 0.45 - 0.9 μm which includes visible blue (0.45 - 0.52 μm), visible green (0.52 - 0.59 μm), visible red (0.62 - 0.68 μm) and near IR (0.77 - 0.86 μm).[9]
History
Cartosat-3 is the 3rd generation of high-resolution imaging satellites developed by ISRO.[10] It was developed in response to increased demand for imaging services to address urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development needs.[11]
Launch
PSLV-C47 carrying Cartosat-3 was launched on 27 November 2019 at 03:58 UTC using XL variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a Sun-synchronous orbit of 450 kilometers. Thirteen commercial ride-sharing 3U cubesats including twelve SuperDoves (Flock-4p)[12] by Planet Labs and one Meshbed by Analytical Space of United States were also put in orbit using the same launch vehicle.[7][13] Commercial ride-share was arranged by NewSpace India Limited, Spaceflight Industries and ISILaunch.[14][15]
See also
References
- ^ "PSLV C47/Cartosat-3 Mission Launch Kit" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "PSLV-C47 successfully launches Cartosat-3 and 13 Commercial nanosatellites into Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit". Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b Prasad, Narayan (28 November 2019). "Cartosat-3 in space — here is how ISRO can now exploit its full potential". The Print. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "ISRO reschedules CARTOSAT 3 launch to November 27". Economic Times. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Vaitheesvaran, Bharani (22 November 2019). "ISRO's Cartosat-3 launch next week". Economic Times. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ N. Gopal Raj. "ISRO plans a new high-resolution earth satellite". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ a b "ISRO's tracking centre assumes control of CARTOSAT-3". The Hindu. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Government of India, Department of Space, Lok Sabha: Starred Question No. 232 to be answered on Wednesday, August 04, 2021" (PDF). 4 August 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Cartosat 3 nrsc" (PDF). www.nrsc.gov.in.
- ^ "PSLV-C47 / Cartosat-3 Mission". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Cartosat-3". Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "12 SuperDove Satellites Hitching a Ride to Orbit on the PSLV". Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Clark, Stephen. "PSLV delivers India's highest-resolution Earth observation satellite to orbit". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Successful ISILAUNCH29 campaign". ISILaunch. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Getting Meshbed to Space!". Spaceflight. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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- PSLV-C15 (12 Jul 2010)
- PSLV-C16 (20 Apr 2011)
- PSLV-C17 (15 Jul 2011)
- PSLV-C18 (12 Oct 2011)
- PSLV-C19 (26 Apr 2012)
- PSLV-C21 (9 Sep 2012)
- PSLV-C20 (25 Feb 2013)
- PSLV-C22 (IRNSS-1A, 1 Jul 2013)
- PSLV-C25 (Mars Orbiter Mission, 5 Nov 2013)
- PSLV-C24 (IRNSS-1B, 4 Apr 2014)
- PSLV-C23 (30 Jun 2014)
- PSLV-C26 (IRNSS-1C, 16 Oct 2014)
- PSLV-C27 (IRNSS-1D, 28 Mar 2015)
- PSLV-C28 (DMC-3, 10 Jul 2015)
- PSLV-C30 (28 Sep 2015)
- PSLV-C29 (16 Dec 2015)
- PSLV-C31 (IRNSS-1E, 20 Jan 2016)
- PSLV-C32 (IRNSS-1F, 10 Mar 2016)
- PSLV-C33 (IRNSS-1G, 28 Apr 2016)
- PSLV-C34 (22 Jun 2016)
- PSLV-C35 (SCATSAT-1, 26 Sep 2016)
- PSLV-C36 (Resourcesat-2A, 7 Dec 2016)
- PSLV-C37 (15 Feb 2017)
- PSLV-C38 (23 Jun 2017)
- PSLV-C39 (IRNSS-1H, 31 Aug 2017, failure)
- PSLV-C40 (Cartosat-2F, 12 Jan 2018)
- PSLV-C41 (IRNSS-1I, 11 Apr 2018)
- PSLV-C42 (16 Sep 2018)
- PSLV-C43 (HySIS, 29 Nov 2018)
- PSLV-C44 (Microsat-R, 24 Jan 2019)
- PSLV-C45 (EMISAT, 1 Apr 2019)
- PSLV-C46 (RISAT-2B, 22 May 2019)
- PSLV-C47 (Cartosat-3, 27 Nov 2019)
- PSLV-C48 (RISAT-2BR1, 11 Dec 2019)
- PSLV-C49 (EOS-01, 7 Nov 2020)
- PSLV-C50 (CMS-01, 17 Dec 2020)
- PSLV-C51 (Amazônia-1, 28 Feb 2021)
- PSLV-C52 (EOS-04, 14 Feb 2022)
- PSLV-C53 (DS-EO, NeuSAR, Scoob-1, POEM-1 (hosted), 30 Jun 2022)
- PSLV-C54 (EOS-06, BhutanSat aka INS-2B, Anand, 26 Nov 2022)
- PSLV-C55 (TeLEOS-2, Lumelite-4, POEM-2 (hosted), 22 Apr 2023)
- PSLV-C56 (DS-SAR, VELOX-AM, 30 Jul 2023)
- PSLV-C57 (Aditya-L1, 2 Sep 2023)
- PSLV-C58 (XPoSat, POEM-3 (hosted), 1 Jan 2024)
- List of PSLV launches
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