10 POINTS ABOUT HYSIS- Chota BHEEM – India’s Own Satellite

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HysIS  aka “Chhota Bheem” : India launched its Best Earth-Imaging Satellite

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TOP TEN POINTS ABOUT Hysis – India’s best Earth imaging Satellite

  1. From the Sri Harikota, ISRO launched India’s best-ever high-resolution earth imaging satellite HysIS (Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite).
  2. Launching vehicle is PSLV-C43 rocket.
  3. PSLV-C43 rocket carried 30 small co-passenger satellites from eight different countries, maximum satellites belonging to the United States of India.
  4. 23 satellites are from the USA & the remaining are from Canada, Australia, Malaysia, Columbia, Finland, Spain & the Netherlands.All these satellites will be placed in a 504 km orbit by PSLV-C43.
  5. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) holds the record for launching the highest number of satellites in a single mission – 104 -on February 15, 2017.
  6. This was the 45th flight of the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) & it took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Andhra Pradesh).
  7. The Indian Satellite will be positioned in an orbit 636 km over the Earth. After that the rocket will be brought to a lower altitude of 504 km from 642 km.
  8. The mission life of the satellite is 5 years.
  9. The PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket — a four stage launch vehicle with alternating solid and liquid stages/engines.
  10. The commercial arm of ISRO, Antrix Corporation has been commercially contracted for the launch of the satellites.

What is HySIS

HySIS (Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite) is an Earth observation satellite which combines the power of digital imaging and spectroscopy will provide hyperspectral imaging services to India for range of applications in agriculture, forestry and other geological environments, inland waters etc.

The primary goal of HysIS is to study the earth’s surface in both the visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The satellite will also be used by the military for surveillance purpose.

HysIS is the primary satellite of the PSLV-C43 mission.

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Experts said, HysIS will enable better identification of objects on the surface of the subcontinent.

According to the space agency, the primary goal of HysIS is to study the earth’s surface in visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

 

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