Launch of GISAT-1 is to April 18 by Indian Space Research Organisation early scheduled on March 28.
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GISAT-1 spacecraft in the clean-room before encapsulation | credits: Wikipedia
Launch of Geo Imaging Satellite or GISAT-1 which was scheduled to launch on 28 March is postponed to April 18 by ISRO. Minor issues with the satellite is causing delay as per sources. Also weather conditions don't support the launch.
Initially it was planned to launch on 5th of March last year from Sriharikota but due to technical reasons and Covid-19 pandemic, which effected the normal functioning, delayed GISAT onboard GSLV-F10 rocket.
GISAT will be positioned in geostationary orbit, about 36,000 km above earths equator with a high temporal resolution meant for providing near real time imaging with fast revisit capacity and real time imaging with fast revisit capacity and real time monitoring over Indian region.
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GISAT will cover up the entire Indian land mass image every 30 minutes at 42 m spatial resolution. Launch mass is going to be 2268 kg equipped with Ritchey-Chretien Telescope , Multispectral array detectors and Steerable antenna. Design life is 7 years.