heaviest foreign satellite put in orbit by India
technology: where India stands
Sunday's launch of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) 100th mission involved the PSLV-C21 launcher putting SPOT 6, a French Earth Observation Satellite weighing 712 kg, in orbit. This makes it the heaviest foreign satellite that ISRO has put in orbit, a unique feat to complement a century of missions. SPOT 6 is capable of imaging the earth with a resolution of 1.5 metres, and has been built by the European Astrium SAS.
Apart from that, PROITERES, a Japanese micro satellite, weighing in at 15 kg, has also been taken to space by the launch vehicle as auxiliary payload. It is intended to study the behaviour of an electric thruster when used to power a small satellite.
technology: where India stands
Sunday's launch of Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) 100th mission involved the PSLV-C21 launcher putting SPOT 6, a French Earth Observation Satellite weighing 712 kg, in orbit. This makes it the heaviest foreign satellite that ISRO has put in orbit, a unique feat to complement a century of missions. SPOT 6 is capable of imaging the earth with a resolution of 1.5 metres, and has been built by the European Astrium SAS.
Apart from that, PROITERES, a Japanese micro satellite, weighing in at 15 kg, has also been taken to space by the launch vehicle as auxiliary payload. It is intended to study the behaviour of an electric thruster when used to power a small satellite.
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