The highlight of this launch is EMISAT, which is a powerful surveillance satellite, developed by ISTO and DRDO.
On April 1st, ISRO will launch an electronic spy, a small satellite called EMISAT and place it in the orbit. A special, and a new version of PSLV will be used for this launch, wherein besides EMISAT, 29 other satellites will be launched, as the same time.
This will be 47th launch via PSLV or Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. PSLV-C45 will be used for the first time on April 1st when this powerful launcher will carry EMISAT and 29 other satellites into space, and place them in various orbits.
An indigenous satellite
The highlight of this launch is EMISAT, which is a powerful surveillance satellite, developed by ISTO and DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization).
EMISAT is primarily based on on the famous Israeli spy satellite called SARAL or (Satellite with ARgos and ALtika), and inherits its SSB-2 bus protocol for conducting sharp electronic surveillance across the length and breadth of India.
EMISAT will use SARAL’s special altimeter called AltiKa (Built by CNES, as well as a Doris instrument), which will primarily work in Ka-band, 35 GHz.
The single frequency KA-Band will empower EMISAT to scan through ice, rain, coastal zones, land masses, forests, and wave heights without any hiccups.
First acknowledged in the Ministry of Defence annual report 2013-14, EMISAT took 8 years to develop, and its payload was developed under Project KAUTILYA by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), Hyderabad.
Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that the launch of 30 satellites via PSLV-C45 launcher is a special one for ISRO. For the first time ever, a launcher will place satellites in 3 different orbits.
