{"id":18741,"date":"2016-12-09T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T09:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=18741"},"modified":"2016-12-09T09:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T09:06:20","slug":"successful-launch-resourcesat-2a-polar-sun-synchronous-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/successful-launch-resourcesat-2a-polar-sun-synchronous-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful launch of RESOURCESAT-2A into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Name the launch vehicle by which ISRO has successfully launched of RESOURCESAT-2A into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit ?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) PSLV-C36<br \/>\n(b) PSLV-C35<br \/>\n(c) PSLV-C33<br \/>\n(d) PSLV-C37<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(a)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 7 December 2016;In its thirty eighth flight (PSLV-C36), ISRO&#8217;s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 1235 kg RESOURCESAT-2A Satellite.<\/li>\n<li>It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.<\/li>\n<li>This is the thirty seventh consecutively successful mission of PSLV.<\/li>\n<li>After PSLV-C36 lift-off at 10:25 am IST from the First Launch Pad with the ignition of the first stage, the subsequent important flight events, namely, strap-on ignitions and separations, first stage separation, second stage ignition, payload fairing separation, second stage separation, third stage ignition and separation, fourth stage ignition and cut-off, took place as planned.<\/li>\n<li>After a flight of 17 minutes 05 seconds, the vehicle achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 824 km height inclined at an angle of 98.725 degree to the equator (very close to the intended orbit) and 47 seconds later, RESOURCESAT-2A was separated from the PSLV fourth stage.<\/li>\n<li>After separation, the two solar arrays of RESOURCESAT-2A deployed automatically and ISRO&#8217;s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore took over the control of the satellite.<\/li>\n<li>Like its predecessors RESOURCESAT-1 and 2, RESOURCESAT-2A has a unique 3-Tier imaging system with Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS), Linear Imaging Self Scanner-3 (LISS-3) and Linear Imaging Self Scanner-4 (LISS-4) cameras.<\/li>\n<li>The data sent by RESOURCESAT-2A will be useful for agricultural applications like crop area and crop production estimation, drought monitoring, soil mapping, cropping system analysis and farm advisories generation.<\/li>\n<li>The life span of the satellite mission will be 5 years.<\/li>\n<li>RESOURCESAT-2A is a Remote Sensing satellite intended for resource monitoring. RESOURCESAT-2A is a follow on mission to RESOURCESAT-1 and RESOURCESAT-2, launched in 2003 and 2011 respectively.<\/li>\n<li>The total number of satellites launched by India\u2019s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV including today\u2019s RESOURCESAT-2A has now reached 121, of which 42 are Indian and the remaining 79 are from abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/launcher\/pslv-c36-resourcesat-2a\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/launcher\/pslv-c36-resourcesat-2a<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155074\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=155074<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154978\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=154978<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/07-dec-2016\/pslv-c36-successfully-launches-resourcesat-2a-remote-sensing-satellite\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/07-dec-2016\/pslv-c36-successfully-launches-resourcesat-2a-remote-sensing-satellite<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/launchers\/pslv\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/launchers\/pslv<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/resourcesat-2a\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/resourcesat-2a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Name the launch vehicle by which ISRO has successfully launched of RESOURCESAT-2A into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit ? (a) PSLV-C36 (b) PSLV-C35 (c) PSLV-C33 (d) PSLV-C37 Ans:(a) Related facts: On 7 December 2016;In its thirty eighth flight (PSLV-C36), ISRO&#8217;s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launched the 1235 kg RESOURCESAT-2A Satellite. 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