ISRO’s new flight in space, Oceansat 3 launched from Sriharikota, PSLV-C54 carrying 8 nano satellites

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently launched eight nano satellites with Oceansat-3, the 3rd generation satellite of Shan Sat series, after creating history by launching a private sector mission. This mission was launched from Sriharikota on Saturday (November 26) morning. Its 25-hour countdown started on Friday (November 25) at 10.46 am.

Satellite features

The primary payload of the mission is Oceansat-3, the third generation satellite of the Oceansat series. The Oceansat series of satellites are Earth observation satellites dedicated to oceanographic and atmospheric studies. Apart from this, this satellite is capable of forecasting marine weather, so that the country is prepared in advance for any cyclone.

Oceansat-1, the first satellite of this series, was launched on 26 May 1999. Then Oceansat 2 was launched on 23 September 2009. ScatSat-1 was launched in 2016 after the scanning scatterometer of Oceansat 2 failed. Oceansat 3, the third generation satellite of this series, will be launched tomorrow. Ocean color monitors were present in the satellites of this series. This mission also has payloads like Ocean Color Monitor OCM3, Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM), ku-band spectrometer (SCAT-3) and ARGOS.

Andhra Pradesh | PSLV-C54 takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. pic.twitter.com/lxsOccncTg

— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2022

In how many hours the mission will be completed?

Apart from EOS-06 (OceanSat-3), 8 nanosatellites were launched from Pixel, Anand from ISRO Bhutansat, two Thybolts from Dhruv space and four Astrocast from Spaceflight USA. This entire mission is going to last for about 8,200 seconds (2 hours 20 minutes), which will be a long mission of PSLV. During this, primary satellites and nano satellites were launched in two different Solar Synchronous Polar Orbits (SSPO).