- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch Singapore鈥檚 TeLEOS-2 satellite.
- The launch will be carried out by the聽Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle聽(PSLV.
- TeLEOS-2 is an聽Earth Observation Satellite.
- In聽2015, ISRO launched聽TeLEOS-1,聽the first Singapore commercial Earth Observation Satellite.
More about the satellite:
- TeLEOS 2聽is a Singaporean聽SAR Earth Observation satellite.
- It is built by聽ST Electronics聽(Satellite Systems).
- The satellite is聽built on a bus聽based on the TeLEOS 1聽optical earth observation satellite and is to聽operate in conjunction with this satellite.
- TeLEOS 2 carries a聽made-in-Singapore Synthetic Aperture Radar聽(SAR) payload capable of providing聽1 m resolution data.
- It will be equipped with a聽500 Giga Bytes onboard聽recorder聽for recording the data captured and a high speed 800 Mbps down link.
| 聽Earth Observation Satellites
An Earth observation satellite also called聽Earth remote sensing satellite聽is a satellite designed for聽Earth observation聽(EO)聽from orbit. Applications: 1.聽聽聽聽 Weather 2.聽聽聽聽 Environmental monitoring 3.聽聽聽聽 Mapping Geostationary orbit: 路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A聽geostationary orbit聽allows a satellite to hover over a聽constant spot on the earth. 路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The聽orbital period聽at this altitude is聽24 hours. 路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This allows聽uninterrupted coverage聽of聽more than 1/3 of the Earth聽per satellite. 路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Three satellites, spaced 120掳 apart, can聽cover the whole Earth聽except聽the聽extreme polar regions. 路聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This type of orbit is聽mainly used聽for聽meteorological satellites. |
SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB