The launch is expected between September 17 and 20
The Indian space agency ISRO is currently busy with final preparations for the launch of a new Israeli satellite named Polaris which will be launched using a PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle missile between September 17 and 20 from the launch center located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Unlike other launches using this missile, this time the first stage of the PSLB missile will not include the six strap-on booster engines.
This is a 300 kg remote sensing and photography satellite capable of photographing the Earth's surface even in harsh weather conditions such as rain and clouds day and night.
The PSLV, a four-stage rocket, carries a height of 44 meters and weighs 295 tons when launched, while in the core structure alone (without the engines attached to it externally) it weighs about 230 tons. In a normal configuration, the missile can launch a payload of a maximum weight of 1,600 kg, while in the libka configuration only kg.
This will be the 12th launch of the PSLV and the second time it will be launched in core configuration only. The first experimental launch in such a configuration was carried out on April 23 this year when an Italian satellite named Agile was successfully launched.
The launch is carried out commercially by Antrix Corporation Limited for the Indian space agency ISRO.
At the same time, preparations are progressing at the Sriharikota site for another ISRO launch in preparation for the launch of a new Indian communications satellite called INSAT-4Cr, which is expected to be launched tonight. This satellite weighs 2,130 kg.
This is the first time in the history of the Sriharikota site that two launches are scheduled to take place in the space of only three weeks and it is also the busiest year in the history of USRO since it was established.
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Why launch it in core configuration?