Liftoff is scheduled for 1:26 a.m. ET on Saturday (Nov. 26).
An Indian PSLV rocket is scheduled to launch the EOS-06 ocean-studying satellite and eight small rideshare satellites on Nov. 26, 2022.
If all goes according to plan, the four-stage, 146-foot-tall PSLV will deploy the primary payload, Earth Observation Satellite-06 , just over 17 minutes after liftoff, about 462 miles above Earth. The 2,463-pound EOS-06 is the third spacecraft in India's Oceansat series. The satellite will use three science instruments to monitor sea surface temperatures and other ocean characteristics for at least five years. EOS-06 also carries a fourth instrument that will help beam data back to Earth.
After dropping off EOS-06, the PSLV's upper stage will perform a series of maneuvers, descending to deploy the eight small satellites at an altitude of about 323 miles . The first of these passengers will separate about 114 minutes into flight, and the last will deploy roughly six minutes later. These piggyback craft are a diverse bunch. For example, four of them are"Astrocast" cubesats, spacecraft about the size of a loaf of bread that will demonstrate"internet of things" technology,Another one, called Anand, will"demonstrate the capabilities and commercial applications of [a] miniaturized Earth-observation camera" in low Earth orbit, ISRO officials added.
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