PSLV-XL | EOS-04 (Auto Orbit)

Craft celebrating the upcoming launch of the EOS-04 Mission on the PSLV-XL rocket by ISRO

Mission : EOS-04

EOS-04, also named RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite), is a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellites built by ISRO. They provide all-weather surveillance using synthetic aperture radars (SAR).

Where are the satellites going? :

600 X 600 km SSO (Sun-Synchronous Orbit)
at a 95º inclination

A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.

Rocket: PSLV-XL

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the third generation launch vehicle of India. It is the first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages. After its first successful launch in October 1994, PSLV emerged as the reliable and versatile workhorse launch vehicle of India with 39 consecutively successful missions by June 2017. During 1994-2017 period, the vehicle has launched 48 Indian satellites and 209 satellites for customers from abroad.

Besides, the vehicle successfully launched two spacecraft – Chandrayaan-1 in 2008 and Mars Orbiter Spacecraft in 2013 – that later traveled to Moon and Mars respectively

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Craft Notes:

1. Auto-Launch to Orbit by Preprogrammed Vizzy. (Throttle 100%)
2. Multiple Pad and Rocket Camera setups
3. Preprogrammed Vizzy till > 600km Circular Orbit (95º inclination)

*Fairing Deploy to be done after 110 km AGL (manuallly)
*FInal orbit insertion (SSO ~ 600 x 600 km) and payload deploy to be done manually

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Credits:

Predecessor Craft by IamIndian - PSLV - XL | ISRO
Space-craft by: Vader2ense1
Vizzy by: KAL

Modifications to Rocket (PSLV-XL), Space-crafts and Vizzy by OrbiteX