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Title: PSLV C15, Cartosat-2B + nanosats, July 12 2010
Post by: s^3 on 04/27/2010 03:06 pm
ISRO announces launch time of Cartosat 2B

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5860701.cms (ftp://http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5860701.cms)

Launch scheduled tentatively @ 3:53GMT  on 9th May 2010
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: Salo on 04/28/2010 06:09 pm
Quote from: Salo on 04/16/2010 12:10 am
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/16/stories/2010041663071400.htm
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Meanwhile, a core-alone Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of the ISRO is scheduled to lift off from the first launch pad at Sriharikota between May 8 and 10. It has already been fully integrated at the first launch pad. It will put Cartosat-2B, an Algerian satellite, two nano satellites from the Norwegian defence establishment and Switzerland, and a Studsat into the orbit.
AISsat and Tlsat-1 launched in May.
Quote from: isro-watch on 04/25/2010 10:01 am
Here's the launch log of PSLV C15 from UTIAS

http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/

It is more or less confirmed that PSLV C15(core alone version) will carry the following satellites.
 
Cartosat-2B (India)                                          690 Kg
Alsat-2A (Algeria)                                            200 Kg
AISsat-1 (Norway)                                              6 Kg
Studsat (India- student satellite non-ISRO)             1 Kg
Tlsat-1 (Switzerland)                                          1 Kg
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: Salo on 04/28/2010 06:38 pm
AISSat-1 (http://www.spacecentre.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=51389)

(http://www.spacecentre.no/filestore/AIS-394a.jpg)

TIsat-1 (http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/)

(http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/images/tisat1_full.jpg)
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: Salo on 04/28/2010 06:55 pm
AlSat-2A (http://directory.eoportal.org/presentations/10498/14250.html)

(http://directory.eoportal.org/presentations/10498/AlSat2_Auto7.jpeg)
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: Salo on 04/28/2010 07:04 pm
STUDSAT (http://www.teamstudsat.com/)

(http://cms.mumbaimirror.com/portalfiles/22/1/200908/Image/sat%20in%20side%202.jpg)
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: Salo on 04/29/2010 05:34 am
Quote from: isro-watch on 04/25/2010 10:01 am
Here's the launch log of PSLV C15 from UTIAS

http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/

It is more or less confirmed that PSLV C15(core alone version) will carry the following satellites.
 
Cartosat-2B (India)                                          690 Kg
Alsat-2A (Algeria)                                            200 Kg
AISsat-1 (Norway)                                              6 Kg
Studsat (India- student satellite non-ISRO)             1 Kg
Tlsat-1 (Switzerland)                                          1 Kg
[/quote]Alsat-2A has a mass of 130 kg.
Studsat  has a mass of 0.85 kg.
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: seshagirib on 04/29/2010 04:58 pm
Looks like the launch is postponed:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/631841_PSLV-C15-launch-rescheduled

"A marginal drop in the pressure in the second stage of the vehicle was noticed during mandatory checks carried out on the PSLV-C15 vehicle,"
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: input~2 on 04/29/2010 05:35 pm
Quote from: seshagirib on 04/29/2010 04:58 pm
Looks like the launch is postponed:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/631841_PSLV-C15-launch-rescheduled

"A marginal drop in the pressure in the second stage of the vehicle was noticed during mandatory checks carried out on the PSLV-C15 vehicle,"
see also
http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Apr29_2010 (http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Apr29_2010)
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: input~2 on 04/30/2010 05:50 am
Now "likely to launch sometime in June":
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-satellite-launch-postponed-to-June/articleshow/5875446.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-satellite-launch-postponed-to-June/articleshow/5875446.cms)
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: input~2 on 06/14/2010 08:51 am
Launch postponed to "this summer" (Aviation Week (http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2010/06/14/AW_06_14_2010_p62-231468.xml&headline=India%20Is%20A%20Spacefaring%20Nation))
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, May 9 2010
Post by: input~2 on 06/23/2010 12:32 pm
Launch planned for July 28 (source (http://expressbuzz.com/states/andhrapradesh/karimnagar-lad-turns-space-scientist/181188.html))
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 28 2010
Post by: Satori on 06/23/2010 05:39 pm
That's very good news! Thanks!!
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 28 2010
Post by: koroljow on 06/28/2010 05:03 pm
An Amateur Radio satellite being built by students of SRM University in Chennai may be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September.
The primary load on the September launch is Cartosat and this launch was also slated to carry two Amateur Radio satellites STUDSAT and TISat-1.

source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2010/srmsat.htm
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 28 2010
Post by: input~2 on 07/02/2010 01:09 pm
'The launch is fixed for July 12 at 9.23 a.m. (LT) ie 0353 UTC
(source (http://sify.com/finance/indian-rocket-to-launch-five-satellites-july-12-news-default-khcsabfjgbi.html))
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/10/2010 04:34 pm
Countdown for launch has begun:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Countdown-starts-for-PSLV-rocket-launch/articleshow/6151356.cms

Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/12/2010 12:16 am
So apparently that would be Sunday, July 11th, 11:53PM EST (Eastern Standard Time) for North America.

That's just a few hours from now...

Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/12/2010 03:15 am
Anyway, here are the links to live news streaming broadcasts from CNN-IBN and NDTV, which are a couple of the major news networks in India. Hopefully, they'll feature some coverage of the launch, which should happen shortly.

CNN-IBN:

http://ibnlive.in.com/livestreaming/CNN-IBN/


NDTV:

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_live.php?id=LIVE_BG24x7&live=tv

Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:54 am
Just launched...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: hop on 07/12/2010 03:54 am
First stage complete
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:55 am
First stage sep. Second stage performance normal...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:55 am
Second stage sep...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:56 am
Performance normal...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:57 am
Separation of second stage. Third stage ignition...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 03:58 am
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 04:01 am
Performance is normal... Separation of the third stage...
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 04:02 am
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 04:10 am
CartoSat-2B separation!!!
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Satori on 07/12/2010 04:13 am
All other satellites have separated successfully!!!

Congratulations to ISRO!!!
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/12/2010 04:54 am
The smallest payload deployed was a satellite designed by students at a technical college:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpXBuPzzGHI
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Lewis007 on 07/12/2010 06:48 am
Here's the brochure on the Cartosat-2B satellite and the PSLV-C15 launch, published by ISRO.
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Lewis007 on 07/12/2010 06:52 am
ISRO has published pix of the launch here: http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/Imagegallery/launchvehicle.aspx#0
A single pic of Cartosat-2b being processed for launch can be found here: http://www.isro.org/pslv-c15/Imagegallery/satellite.aspx
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: Space Pete on 07/12/2010 04:06 pm
BBC News: "Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10599774.stm
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: bolun on 07/12/2010 07:40 pm
Successful launch for ALSAT-2A

July 12 2010

ALSAT-2A, designed and built by Astrium, was launched at 04.52 (BST) this morning aboard an Indian PSLV rocket from the Sriharikota launch base on behalf of the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL). ALSAT-2 is the first Earth observation satellite from Astrium’s AstroSat100 micro-satellite product line, based on the Myriade platform, also comprising the first flight model of the new NAOMI optical instrument.

http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/news/successful-launch-for-alsat-2a.html
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/13/2010 06:21 am
Launch footage from a nearby observation point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsubwnAW7M
Title: Re: Cartosat-2B + nanosats launch, July 12 2010
Post by: sanman on 07/13/2010 06:30 am
TIsat-1 beacon signal as heard during it´s first day of operation (July, 12; 2010) after launch in India by PSLV-C-15. TIsat is an educational Swiss cubesat and the reception was made in Sao Paulo Brazil on 70 cm UHF amateur radio band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW2ygDUgaPk