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01-20-08, 08:11 PM
The countdown has begun at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh for the launch of Israeli satellite Polaris on Monday morning by a “core-alone” configuration of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
Read more (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/21/stories/2008012160010100.htm)
The TecSAR, like Israel’s Ofeq series of spy satellites, will pass over specific target areas once every 90 minutes. But because the satellite’s SAR payload is capable of providing high-resolution imagery during the day, at night and in all weather conditions, it will provide double the amount of usable intelligence within a 24-hour, since the Ofeq’s electro-optical camera cannot capture imagery at night or through clouds and other climatic obstacles.
The estimated 260 kilogram TechSAR, including the 90-kilogram SAR payload is slated as the exclusive payload aboard the PSLV, which will be launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which is 100 km north of Chennai, on the east coast of India at 13°47' North 80°15' East.
Source (http://www.israelforum.com/board/archive/index.php/t-9122.html)
Read more (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/21/stories/2008012160010100.htm)
The TecSAR, like Israel’s Ofeq series of spy satellites, will pass over specific target areas once every 90 minutes. But because the satellite’s SAR payload is capable of providing high-resolution imagery during the day, at night and in all weather conditions, it will provide double the amount of usable intelligence within a 24-hour, since the Ofeq’s electro-optical camera cannot capture imagery at night or through clouds and other climatic obstacles.
The estimated 260 kilogram TechSAR, including the 90-kilogram SAR payload is slated as the exclusive payload aboard the PSLV, which will be launched from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which is 100 km north of Chennai, on the east coast of India at 13°47' North 80°15' East.
Source (http://www.israelforum.com/board/archive/index.php/t-9122.html)