Znów hurtowy start 12.01. o 03:59 ze Sriharikota wystrzelona została RN PSLV-XL, która wyniosła w T+16' 37" na orbitę o parametrach:
hp=505 km, ha=505 km, i=97,47º satelitę teledetekcyjnego Cartosat-2F oraz 29 nanosatelitów: Telesat Phase-1 LEO, POC-1, PICSAT, CANYVAL-X, CNUSAIL-1, KAUSAT-5, SIGMA, STEP CUBE LAB, CBNT-2, Flock-3P’ x 4, LEMUR x 4,
DemoSat-2, Micromas-2, Tyvak-61C, SpaceBEE x 4, Fox-1D, Corvus BC3, Arkyd-6, CICERO-7 i INS-1C, a po manewrach czwartego stopnia w T+1h 44' 59" na orbitę heliosynchroniczną o wysokości 359 km satelitę Microsat.
EDIT: 12.01. o 03:59 ze Sriharikota wystrzelona została RN PSLV-XL, która wyniosła w T+16' 37" na orbitę o parametrach:
hp=505 km, ha=505 km, i=97,47º satelitę teledetekcyjnego Cartosat-2F oraz Telesat Phase-1 LEO, POC-1, PICSAT,
CANYVAL-X 1 (Tom), CANYVAL-X 2 (Jerry), CNUSAIL-1, KAUSAT-5, SIGMA, STEP CUBE LAB, CBNT-2,
Flock-3P’ x 4, LEMUR x 4, DemoSat-2, Micromas-2, Tyvak-61C, SpaceBEE x 4, Fox-1D, Corvus BC3, Arkyd-6,
CICERO-7 i INS-1C, a po manewrach czwartego stopnia w T+1h 44' 59" na orbitę heliosynchroniczną o wysokości
359 km satelitę Microsat.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n180101.htm#05Udane starty CZ-3B i PSLV-XL (12.01.2018) BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 12 STYCZNIA 2018
Start PSLV-XL - 12.01.2018 / Credits - ISROPSLV-XL – start 32 satelitów, polski akcentDo drugiego startu w dniu 12 stycznia doszło o godzinie 04:59 CET. Indyjska rakieta PSLV-XL wyniosła z kosmodromu Sriharikota zestaw 32 satelitów. Lot przebiegł prawidłowo i satelity znalazły się na prawidłowej orbicie o wysokości około 505 km. Jeden z satelitów został umieszczony celowo na niższej orbicie o wysokości około 359 km (w wyniku dodatkowej pracy czwartego stopnia rakiety).
Głównym satelitą w tym locie był Cartosat-2F – najnowszy indyjski satelita dla potrzeb obserwacji Ziemi (EO). Ten satelita ma masę startową około 710 kg i możliwość generowania około 1 kWe z zainstalowanych paneli słonecznych. Satelita przez pięć lat ma obserwować Ziemię i wykonywać multispektralne obrazy naszej planety.
Start PSLV-XL – 12.01.2018 / Credits – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Oprócz Cartosat-2F na pokładzie tej rakiety znalazło się jeszcze 31 innych satelitów. Ich łączna masa to około 600 kg. Najmniejsze z nich były formatu CubeSat 1/4 U (jedna czwarta typowej wielkości CubeSata).
Wśród wyniesionych satelitów znalazł się także jeden, u którego zamontowano komponenty wyprodukowane w Polsce. Jest to satelita ICEYE-X1 (alternatywna nazwa to POC-1) dla fińskiej firmy ICEYE. Celem tej firmy jest budowa serii satelitów obrazowania radarowego SAR. Niektóre z komponentów tego satelity zostały zbudowane w firmie Creotech z Piaseczna.
(PFA, NSF)
http://kosmonauta.net/2018/01/udane-starty-cz-3b-i-pslv-xl-12-01-2018/#prettyPhotoIndia’s PSLV lifts off on first flight since fairing failureJanuary 12, 2018 Stephen Clark
(...) Planetary Resources launched its Arkyd 6 CubeSat, a spacecraft about the size of a briefcase, on Friday’s PSLV mission. It also checked in with ground controllers during a communications pass, confirming it survived the trip to orbit.
Arkyd 6 will test out an infrared imager and other technologies Planetary Resources aims to put on future spacecraft that will prospect for valuable resources on asteroids, such as water, that could be used to make rocket fuel, oxygen and other supplies needed by future missions exploring the solar system.
“If all of the experimental systems operate successfully, Planetary Resources intends to use the Arkyd 6 satellite to capture MWIR (mid-wave infrared) images of targets on Earth’s surface, including agricultural land, resource exploration regions, and infrastructure for mining and energy,” said Chris Voorhees, chief engineer of Redmond, Washington-based Planetary Resources. “In addition, we will also have the opportunity to perform specific celestial observations from our vantage point in low Earth orbit. Lessons learned from Arkyd 6 will inform the company’s approach as it builds on this technology to enable the scientific and economic evaluation of asteroids during its future Space Resource Exploration Mission.” (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/12/pslv-c-40-coverage/India’s PSLV successfully launches Cartosat-2Fwritten by William Graham January 11, 2018
(...) Friday’s return to flight marked PSLV’s forty-second launch overall. The payload consists of the Cartosat-2F remote sensing satellite and thirty-one smaller spacecraft that are being carried as secondary payloads. These include satellites from Canada, Finland, France, Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States as well as India. (...)
The CICERO-7 satellite, a six-unit CubeSat, is part of the Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remove Observation (CICERO), constellation of satellites being deployed for American company GeoOptics Incorporated. CICERO-7 is the fifth member of the constellation to be deployed. The satellite was built by Tyvak Incorporated, and like Spire’s Lemur satellites, it will measure the occultation of signals from navigation satellites – both the GPS and Galileo systems – in order to map pressures, temperatures and humidity in the Earth’s atmosphere. (...)
The Scientific CubeSat with Instrument for Global Magnetic Field and Radiation [sic], or SIGMA – also known as KHUSAT-3 – is a three-unit CubeSat built by South Korea’s Kyung Hee University. Once in orbit the satellite will deploy a magnetometer boom and will measure magnetic fields and radiation in the low Earth orbit environment. (...)
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/01/indias-pslv-launches-cartosat-2f/New Finnish satellite to provide fast image service: developerSource: Xinhua| 2018-01-13 06:54:36|Editor: Mu Xuequan
HELSINKI, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A satellite weighing 70 kg was launched on an Indian rocket on Friday, and the Finnish developer said it is the first microsatellite equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that is able to take pictures day and night through cloud layers.
The light weight of the ICEYE-X1 satellite benefits the cost of launches. For example, the Sentinel radar satellite of the European Space Agency weighs over two tonnes, the Finnish company ICEYE compared.
Data from the satellite will be used for commercial monitoring purposes such as keeping track on ice changing conditions. It can also track oil spills.
Rafal Modrewski, CEO of ICEYE said in a press release that the company is committed to enabling better decision making for everyone.
The company is not the first to offer visual data from a microsatellite, but claims to be the fastest. Pictures from anywhere in the world could be obtained in three hours. The next satellite in the ICEYE series will take off from the United States in summer. By 2020, there will be 20 Finnish ICEYE satellites in operation.
Two previous satellites produced in Finland were nanosatellites and primarily scientific, and began operations earlier this year.
Also on Friday, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto signed into law the Finnish Space Act. It creates a legal framework for the Finnish space industries. Space operations based in Finland will require a licence.
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