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ISRO successfully launches earth observation satellite HysIS
December 4 , 2018
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- ISRO has successfully launched country’s first advance earth observation satellite Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) along with 30 other satellites from 8 countries.
- These satellites were launched on board of ISRO’s workhorse PSLV-C43 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
- It is India’s first hyperspectral imaging satellite for advanced earth observation developed indigenously by ISRO.
- PSLV-C43 was 45th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and it was ‘Core Alone’ version of PSLV i.e. lightest version of the launch vehicle.
- PSLV is four stage launch vehicles with alternating solid and liquid stages.
- Hyperspectral imaging - combines power of digital imaging and spectroscopy.
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