Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation will on Wednesday launch remote sensing satellite, RESOURCESAT-2A using its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
PSLV-C36/ RESOURCESAT-2A will blast off at 10:25 hours from SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The satellite was earlier planned for launch on November 28. “Things are going on as planned for tomorrow’s launch,” a senior Isro official said.
Isro, which began a 36-hour countdown last night, today said Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) fuel and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) oxidiser filling operations of the fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C36 are completed. PSLV-C36, the 38th flight of PSLV, will place the 1,235-kg RESOURCESAT-2A into an 817-km polar Sun synchronous orbit. In this flight, the ‘XL’ version of PSLV with six solid strap-on motors is used.
