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ISRO Postpones Launch of GISAT 1 Imaging Satellite After Technical Snag

ISRO Postpones Launch of GISAT-1 Imaging Satellite After Technical Snag

ISRO said a revised launch date for the GISAT-1 will be announced in "due course."

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 4 March 2020 16:40 IST

ISRO Postpones Launch of GISAT-1 Imaging Satellite After Technical Snag

Photo Credit: Twitter/ ISRO

The countdown for the launch was expected to begin at 3.43pm on Wednesday

Highlights

Launch of GISAT-1 evening has been postponed
It was scheduled for March 5
The launch was postponed due to technical reasons

Owing to technical reasons, the launch of India's first Geo Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1) scheduled for March 5 evening has been postponed, the Indian space agency announced on Wednesday.

"The launch of GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10), planned for March 05, 2020, is postponed due to technical reasons. Revised launch date will be informed in due course," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

Earlier a senior official had said the countdown for the Thursday satellite launch would begin at 3.43pm on Wednesday.

The Indian space agency said GISAT-1 would provide real time image of large area of region of interest at frequent intervals. It will also enable quick monitoring of natural disasters, episodic events and any short term events.

The 2,268 kg GISAT-1 will also provide spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, mineralogy, disaster warning, cloud properties, snow, glaciers and oceanography.

The satellite will have payload imaging sensors of six band multi-spectral visible and near infra-red with 42 metres resolution; 158 bands hyper-spectral visible and near infra-red with 318 metres resolution and 256 bands hyper-spectral short wave infra-red with 191 metres resolution.

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