Cartosat-2ER (?) + попутчики – PSLV-C(?) XL – Шрихарикота – 12.01.2018, 03:58 UTC

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Peter B. de Selding‏ @pbdes · 40m

Finnish SAR Earth obs satellite startup @iceyefi says its first radar microsatellite is among the payloads going up on next @isro PSLV flight, set for late-December or January. #SLUSH2017

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171204005130/en/Spaceflight-Prepares-Launch-Eleven-Spacecraft-India%E2%80%99s-PSLV-C40

Spaceflight Prepares to Launch Eleven Spacecraft on India's PSLV-C40

Cubesat integration complete as rideshare launch service provider prepares to deploy spacecraft for veteran and first-time customers in early January

Spaceflight will be launching 11 spacecraft in early January 2018 from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). (Graphic: Business Wire)

December 04, 2017 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, today announced it will be launching 11 spacecraft in early January 2018 from India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Spacecraft include Finland's ICEYE-X1 SAR microsatellite, Planetary Resources' Arkyd-6 6U asteroid prospecting demonstration cubesat, four Spire Global Lemur-2 cubesats, Astro Digital's Landmapper-BC3, AMSAT's Fox-1D cubesat, and others.

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"This mission brings new customers from outside the industry into space while continuing partnerships with existing customers for their ongoing satellite constellations."
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Spaceflight performed the cubesat integration at its Seattle Integration Facility and is in the process of shipping the spacecraft to India for the PSLV-C40 mission. The PSLV rocket is scheduled to lift off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center in early January 2018 with the Cartosat-2ER navigation satellite, in addition to Spaceflight's rideshare customers.

"PSLV-C40 is a perfect example of how our flexible, full-service rideshare model is enabling new commercial space businesses to exist while expanding into new markets," said Curt Blake, president of Spaceflight. "This mission brings new customers from outside the industry into space while continuing partnerships with existing customers for their ongoing satellite constellations."

One first-time customer on the mission is Finland's ICEYE with the country's first commercial satellite, ICEYE-X1. ICEYE developed its own synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) sensor technologies suitable for satellites under 100kg in weight, making it one of the bigger payloads on the PSLV-C40 mission. This is ICEYE's first proof-of-concept microsatellite mission with a SAR sensor as its payload and also the world's first SAR satellite in this size, enabling radar imaging of the Earth through clouds and even in total darkness. Potential use-cases for the data are monitoring sea ice movements or marine oil spills, and prevention of illegal fishing.

"Working together with Spaceflight to schedule and make this launch a reality has been an outstanding experience for ICEYE, and it has given us the necessary opportunities for scaling up operations for our constellation of micro-SAR satellites as planned," said Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and co-founder at ICEYE.

Spaceflight offers customers the most options for getting to space, working with nearly every global launch vehicle provider, including the Falcon 9, PSLV, Antares, Cygnus, Electron, Soyuz and others. Much like buying an airline ticket that is valid on multiple airlines, Spaceflight can ensure organizations have flexibility to move vehicles if changes or delays occur. Additionally, the smallsat rideshare service model helps organizations reach a desired orbit at a much lower cost than buying their own launch vehicle.

Spaceflight has negotiated the launch of more than 120 satellites on behalf of its customers and has contracts to deploy nearly 200 more through 2018. The company plans to coordinate and deploy its largest launch to date in 2018 with its first dedicated rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/isro-will-resume-sat-launches-only-from-first-week-of-2018/articleshow/61994345.cms

Isro will resume sat launches only from first week of 2018

Surendra Singh | TNN | Dec 9, 2017, 11.02 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch its latest remote sensing satellite of the Cartosat-2 series, along with 28 foreign satellites riding piggy-back, only in the first week of January, a top Isro official said.

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Director of Thiruvananthapuram-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), K Sivan clarified that there will be no launch this month and that launch services, which halted after the unsuccessful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1H on August 31, will "resume in the first week of the new year".

Rakesh Sasibhushan, CMD of Antrix (Isro's commercial arm), told TOI: "The January launch payload will comprise a combination of one Cartosat, 25 nano satellites and three micro-satellites. Finland is the new customer this time. The rest co-passengers are from existing foreign customers. Most of these small satellites are from the US."

The launch of Cartosat-2 by the PSLV C40 rocket is a follow-on mission of the Cartosat-2 series with the primary objective of providing high-resolution scene specific spot imageries. The satellite, which carries panchromatic and multi-spectral cameras, is capable of delivering high-resolution data.

Sivan said, "After the Cartosat mission, the subsequent launch will be of Gsat-6A that will be lifted off by a GSLV Mk II rocket". "The launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, which will replace the first navigation satellite IRNSS-1A, whose three atomic clocks (meant to provide precise locational data) had stopped working last year, is planned in February or March," he said, adding, "Next in line will be the Chandrayaan-2 mission, scheduled for launch in March."

The series of satellite launches scheduled next year is in line with Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar's recent statement to TOI that the space agency is planning to double the number of launches from eight to 10 to 18-20 annually. Kiran Kumar also said that though the space agency currently has "45 satellites in orbit, the country is significantly short of communication satellites. Therefore we have to maximise launches".

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https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/pslv-c-40-campaign-started-960490

పీఎస్‌ఎల్‌వీ సీ–40 'క్యాంపెయిన్‌'ప్రారంభం
Dec 12, 2017, 03:32 IST



శ్రీహరికోట (సూళ్లూరుపేట): శ్రీ పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు నెల్లూరు జిల్లా సూళ్లూరుపేటలోని సతీష్‌ ధావన్‌ స్పేస్‌ సెంటర్‌ (షార్‌)లోని మొదటి ప్రయోగవేదికపై పీఎస్‌ఎల్‌వీ సీ–40కి మొదటి దశ మోటార్లను అనుసంధానం చేసే ప్రక్రియను (క్యాంపెయిన్‌) సోమవారం ప్రారంభించారు. వాస్తవానికి డిసెంబర్‌ నెలాఖరులోనే పీఎస్‌ఎల్‌వీ సీ–40 ప్రయోగిం చాలనుకున్నా.. రాకెట్‌ విడిభాగాలు షార్‌కు చేరుకోక పోవడంతో అనుసంధాన పనులు ఆలస్యమయ్యాయి. 2018 జనవరిలో ప్రయోగించనున్న ఈ రాకెట్‌ ద్వారా 30 ఉపగ్రహాలను రోదసీలోకి పంపేందుకు శాస్త్రవేత్తలు సిద్ధమవుతున్నారు.

Стартовала пусковая кампания PSLV C-40
12 декабря 2017, 03:32 IST

...Пусковая кампания PSLV-C40 началась с этапа сборки первой ступени РН с целью запуска в январе 2018 года.
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http://blog.isilaunch.com/shipment-launch-base/

Shipment from Delft
By Andra

December 12, 2017

Following Customs clearance yesterday, today (Tuesday) the satellites on the ISILaunch21 mission got a little closer to their (final) destination.

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Along with related ISL-hardware, they were packed in their protective shipping cases in our cleanroom here in Delft (elevation: -1 meter). The cases were subsequently picked up by our specialized shipping agent and brought to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (elevation: -5 meters) in the Netherlands. In the coming days, they will continue their journey towards the launch base at Sriharikota (elevation: +9 meter).



   

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http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/dec/19/improved-pslv-on-track-to-blast-off-next-month-1730985.html

Improved PSLV on track to blast off next month
By SV Krishna Chaitanya | Express News Service | Published: 19th December 2017 03:34 AM | Last Updated: 19th December 2017 09:17 AM |

CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is back in mission mode and gearing up to launch PSLV-C40, carrying earth observation Cartosat-2 satellite along with 28 foreign passenger satellites, including 25 nano-satellites and three micro-satellites. The launch has been tentatively fixed for January 10. This will be the maiden flight after meeting with failure in August.

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The launch will be a litmus test for India's workhorse PSLV in terms of reliability and robustness. Though PSLV has seamlessly carried out 39 consecutive successfully launches, the last failure has thrown up several questions over the technology being used. In this context, ISRO has taken a four-month interval to revisit some of the core areas.


PSLV had a rare failure in September this year | representative pix

K Sivan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, told Express that a few modifications had been done, especially payload fairing, after analysing the reasons for the failure of PSLV-C39/IRNSS-1H Satellite mission. "We have done some modifications to improve the design robustness and correspondingly, simulation tests have been performed," he said.
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An improved PSLV-C40, carrying earth observation Cartosat-2 satellite along with 28 foreign passenger satellites, including 25 nano-satellites and three micro-satellites, may lift off on Jan 10

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Вышел документ - FAILURE OF PSLV C-39 MISSION - ответы на парламентских слушаниях (192.4 KB, 2017-12-21 07:09:44 UTC)
 

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http://www.isac.gov.in/flagoff-carto-2f.jsp

Last updated on: 28-Dec-2017

Three satellites (Cartosat-2F, Microsat and Nanosatellite INS-1C) flagged off to SHAR launch pad on 27-Dec-2017

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http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/jan/02/isros-baby-rocket-to-carry-small-satellites-likely-to-take-off-in-2019-1742052.html

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PSLV C-40 launch postponed until January 12
 ISRO has made a slight change in the flight schedule of the PSLV C-40, which will carry 31 satellites, including a Cartosat series payload. The C-40 will lift off on January 12 instead of the originally announced January 10. The reason given is that one of the smaller Indian payloads is not ready yet. According to ISRO sources, the rocket will lift off from Sriharikota at 9.28 am. The C-40 mission is a keenly awaited one as it is the first after the failed PSLV C-39 mission last August, which had sent the ISRO top brass into a tizzy.

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Опубликован NOTAM миссии. Пусковое окно с 10 января по 3 февраля с.г.

VOMF
 
A0015/18 (Issued for VOMF PART 1 OF 2) - PSLV-C40 ROCKET LAUNCH FM SHAR RANGE,SRIHARIKOTA WILL TAKE PLACE
AS PER FLW DETAILS.THE LAUNCH WILL BE ON ANY ONE OF THE DAY DRG THIS
PERIOD.ACTUAL DATE OF LAUNCH WILL BE INTIMATED 24 HR IN ADVANCE
THROUGH A SEPARATE NOTAM.

LAUNCH PAD COORD: 134354N0801412E

NO FLT IS PERMITTED OVER THE DNG ZONE.
 
A. DNG ZONE-1 IS A CIRCLE OF 10NM AROUND THE LAUNCHER

B. DNG ZONE-2 IS A RECTANGULAR  AREA BOUNDED BY:
  1310N08025E 1325N08040E 1245N08115E 1230N08100E

C. DNG ZONE-3 IS A RECTANGULAR  AREA BOUNDED BY:
  1145N08120E 1210N08150E 1045N08255E 1020N08225E

D. DNG ZONE-4 IS A RECTANGULAR AREA BOUNDED BY:
  1015N08230E 1040N08300E 0950N08335E 0925N08305E

E. DNG ZONE-5 IS A RECTANGULAR AREA BOUNDED BY:
  0825N08320E 0825N08355E 0715N08355E 0715N08320E

F. DNG ZONE-6 IS A RECTANGULAR AREA BONDED BY:
  0300S08110E 0320S08230E 0705S08135E 0645S08015E

G. DNG ZONE-7 IS A RECTANGULAR AREA BOUNDED BY
  2945S07335E 3025S07610E 3955S07340E 3915S07105E

  ROUTES AFFECTED IN CHENNAI FIR:
  P761, W20, A465, P574, B466, L896, N563, N564, Q10, Q11, Q23,
  Q24, V3, V4, V6, V8, V9, V11 AND T3
END PART 1 OF 2. 0330-0730, 10 JAN 03:30 2018 UNTIL 03 FEB 07:30 2018. CREATED:
 02 JAN 15:06 2018

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NOTAM, зоны  A - G
 

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http://www.sac.gov.in/Vyom/index.jsp

MICROSAT Payload Flagged off

MICROSAT Payload Flagged Off by Shri.Tapan Misra,Director SAC on January 03,2018.

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http://blog.isilaunch.com/fresh-start-new-years-celebration/

Fresh start after New Year's celebration
By Andra

January 5, 2018

After returning to SHAR launch site today following an unexpected, but much appreciated New Year's celebration with family back home for the ISL team, we resumed working on the remaining activities. During our short absence, all flight hardware was safely transferred to SP2B for our next activities. It is clear that the launch date is approaching. More and more teams are in the finalization of the flight preparation.

As for the ISL team activities in SP2B, we started with the fit check of the interfaces on the DLA deck. With only the usual points of attention identified, the QuadPacks did fit perfectly in all locations, while the iMDC sequencer was fitted successfully to the special interface and balance plate provided by ISRO. Interfaces are always critical so every time it is a relief to conclude everything fits without any trouble.

After the mechanical fit check, the electrical harness has been attached and connected to the QuadPacks. On request of ISRO a last check was done to see if our harness labeling did correspond with the labeling on their side – which it did again. Following the final assembly of the harness to the QuadPacks, we performed a final end to end test to be fully sure that all switches and resistors are properly connected. Everything was OK which gave green light for final installation of the iMDC sequencer and the Quadpacks to the DLA deck tomorrow.

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http://blog.isilaunch.com/different-start-weekend/

Different start of the weekend
By Michiel

January 6, 2018

Throughout Friday many activities were going on, both on the launch vehicle side and the satellites side, and in the (late) evening the ISL team was invited back to the Satellite Processing facility SP2-B. After all the preparatory activities and checks, it was now time that our customers' satellites and ISL's hardware would physically meet their mode of transportation, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

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In the cleanroom of SP2-B the QuadPacks were placed on the MSA deck, correctly located and oriented. Subsequently the harness fr om each QuadPack was routed towards a central point, wh ere the iMDC sequencer was then mounted on the MSA deck too.

All these activities had to take place with great caution as all other satellites on this MSA deck were already mounted (and also it was getting rather late in the evening). Following connecting each harness to each corresponding iMDC connector, the iMDC was electrically connected to the MSA deck and all connections (including those with the LV) were checked.

Now that all hardware was present on the MSA deck, the Launch Vehicle team continued with processing of the MSA deck and the rest of the structure, such that tomorrow all the to-be-launched items can be transferred to SP3-B (i.e. the cleanroom created on top of the launch tower).

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http://blog.isilaunch.com/different-start-weekend/

Early rise
By Michiel

January 6, 2018

With the completion of the activities early this morning, only one task remained for the ISL-team here at the launch-base: applying of the iMDC sequencer two Add-Before-Flight (ABF) items. These ABFs are to avoid any risk of accidentally activating the sequencer, thereby potentially endangering our customers satellites as well as all other hardware and therefore the whole mission. Therefore the ISL team insisted to install those items only when the whole Dual Launch Adapter (including the MSA deck) is mounted on and connected to the PSLV launcher. After a short cat-nap, at around 8 o'clock in the morning a final check confirmed that this can be done and we returned to our accommodation and enjoyed a nice sleep knowing that all went well.

Just after noon, a nice 'good luck' ceremony at SP2-B took place, which involves cracking coconuts, after which the whole stack (i.e. the main payload and all other payloads) is 'released' and can be transferred fr om SP2-B to SP3-B. The latter being the location wh ere the ABFs will be installed tomorrow.

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ISRO выпустила брошюру миссии

PSLV-C40 - Cartosat 2 Series Mission.pdf - 1252434 B, 6 стр, 2018-01-09 11:20:47 UTC

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https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2-series-satellite-2

Jan 09, 2018

Cartosat-2 Series Satellite

Cartosat-2 Series Satellite is the primary satellite carried by PSLV-C40. This remote sensing satellite is similar in configuration to earlier satellites in the series and is intended to augment data services to the users.

The imagery sent by satellite will be useful for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other Land Information System (LIS) as well as Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission will be launched on Jan 12, 2018 at 09:28 Hrs (IST) from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

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https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission-gallery

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission Gallery

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https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission

Jan 09, 2018

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission

PSLV-C40

India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its forty second flight (PSLV-C40), will launch the 710 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite for earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites together weighing about 613 kg at lift-off. PSLV-C40 will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

The co-passenger satellites comprise one Microsatellite and one Nanosatellite from India as well as 3 Microsatellites and 25 Nanosatellites from six countries, namely, Canada, Finland, France, Republic of Korea, UK and USA. The total weight of all the 31 satellites carried onboard PSLV-C40 is about 1323 kg.

The 28 International customer satellites are being launched as part of the commercial arrangements between Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), a Government of India company under Department of Space (DOS), the commercial arm of ISRO and the International customers.

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series Satellite Mission is Scheduled to be launched on Friday, Jan 12, 2018 at 09:28 Hrs (IST).

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