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This is how planet lab celebrated launch of its 88 satellite.
https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet...onstellation-to-image-the-whole-planet-daily/
February 14, 2017, 19:58 PST
Today Planet successfully launched 88 Dove satellites to orbit—the largest satellite constellation ever to reach orbit. This is not just a launch (or a world record, for that matter!); for our team this is a major milestone. With these satellites in orbit, Planet will reach its Mission 1: the ability to image all of Earth’s landmass every day.
Tonight is the culmination of a huge effort over the past 5 years. In 2011 we set ourselves the audacious mission of imaging the entire Earth land area every day. We were convinced that armed with such data, humanity would be able to have a significant positive impact on many of the world’s greatest challenges. We calculated that it would take between 100-150 satellites to achieve this, and we started building them. After today’s launch, Planet operates 144 satellites in orbit. We have reached our milestone.
It’s taken a minor Apollo project to get here! Behind the scenes we’ve miniaturized satellites; learned how to manufacture them at scale; constructed the world’s second largest private network of ground stations; custom built an automated mission control system; created a massive data pipeline able to process the vast amount of imagery we collect; and developed a software platform that lets customers, researchers, governments and NGOs access imagery quickly. Each of these has been a significant undertaking in and of itself—and together it represents a major systems engineering project. This is not to mention the non-engineering efforts from raising capital, receiving regulatory licenses, booking launches, and building a base of hundreds of partners that use the data to solve their needs.
Without a doubt, the single largest driver behind this record-breaking success is the unrelenting dedication of the Planet team. We’ve been humbled by them for the last five years and we thank them today.
Next up: getting this data to our customers and to those who need it the most! But for now Planet is having a great start to the year worthy of a little celebration.
—Will & Robbie
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Here are some additional facts and figures regarding this launch:
https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet...onstellation-to-image-the-whole-planet-daily/
February 14, 2017, 19:58 PST
Today Planet successfully launched 88 Dove satellites to orbit—the largest satellite constellation ever to reach orbit. This is not just a launch (or a world record, for that matter!); for our team this is a major milestone. With these satellites in orbit, Planet will reach its Mission 1: the ability to image all of Earth’s landmass every day.
Tonight is the culmination of a huge effort over the past 5 years. In 2011 we set ourselves the audacious mission of imaging the entire Earth land area every day. We were convinced that armed with such data, humanity would be able to have a significant positive impact on many of the world’s greatest challenges. We calculated that it would take between 100-150 satellites to achieve this, and we started building them. After today’s launch, Planet operates 144 satellites in orbit. We have reached our milestone.
It’s taken a minor Apollo project to get here! Behind the scenes we’ve miniaturized satellites; learned how to manufacture them at scale; constructed the world’s second largest private network of ground stations; custom built an automated mission control system; created a massive data pipeline able to process the vast amount of imagery we collect; and developed a software platform that lets customers, researchers, governments and NGOs access imagery quickly. Each of these has been a significant undertaking in and of itself—and together it represents a major systems engineering project. This is not to mention the non-engineering efforts from raising capital, receiving regulatory licenses, booking launches, and building a base of hundreds of partners that use the data to solve their needs.
Without a doubt, the single largest driver behind this record-breaking success is the unrelenting dedication of the Planet team. We’ve been humbled by them for the last five years and we thank them today.
Next up: getting this data to our customers and to those who need it the most! But for now Planet is having a great start to the year worthy of a little celebration.
—Will & Robbie
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Here are some additional facts and figures regarding this launch:
- The 88 Dove satellites (collectively known as “Flock 3p”) rode aboard a PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India
- This leads to two world records: a record for the most satellites ever launched on a single rocket; and a record for the largest private satellite constellation in history, totaling 149 satellites in all
- This is our 15th launch of Dove satellites and second aboard India’s PSLV. The launch of Flock 3p comes off the successful launch of Flock 2p on the PSLV in June 2016
- After deployment, all 88 satellites will be autonomously commissioned in batches. We expect Flock 3p to enter normal imaging operations in about three months
- Each of the Flock 3p satellites—our 13th build—sports a 200 mbps downlink speed and is capable of collecting over 2 million km² per day
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My response was he was able to buy so many things because he was not married, otherwise all his collection would have been only about diamond jewellery sets and sarees.
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Their MIRV will have multiple goat heads instead of warheads.LOL!pakistan u should tie a goat in a chinni rocket send it
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Their MIRV will have multiple goat heads instead of warheads.LOL!
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Chandrayaan-2 gets Russian technology to analyse lunar surface
By Express News Service | Published: 15th February 2017 04:13 AM |
CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching the second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, in 2018. It will use Russian technology to ascertain the chemical composition of lunar rocks and soil.
The Russian firm, Joint Stock Company Isotope, which is part of the Russian Federation National Nuclear Corporation (ROSATOM) has supplied Radionuclide Curium (Cm-244) alpha emitter to the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. It will help analyse lunar surface and rocks, according to ROSATOM South Asia spokesperson, Alexander Antipin.
He said the alpha emitter, manufactured by Russian State Scientific Centre-Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (JSC SSC RIAR), will be installed on Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer to help the ISRO’s lunar exploration mission.
Russia had supplied similar products to the US for the launching of three NASA expeditions -- Mars Pathfinder (1997), Opportunity (2004) and Curiosity (2012).
Antipin said that the world’s first soft landing of a Russian spacecraft happened on Comet Churyumov -Gerasimenko. The lander Philae that had Cm-244 transmitted accurate data about the comet’s surface composition to Earth.
By Express News Service | Published: 15th February 2017 04:13 AM |
CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be launching the second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, in 2018. It will use Russian technology to ascertain the chemical composition of lunar rocks and soil.
The Russian firm, Joint Stock Company Isotope, which is part of the Russian Federation National Nuclear Corporation (ROSATOM) has supplied Radionuclide Curium (Cm-244) alpha emitter to the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. It will help analyse lunar surface and rocks, according to ROSATOM South Asia spokesperson, Alexander Antipin.
He said the alpha emitter, manufactured by Russian State Scientific Centre-Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (JSC SSC RIAR), will be installed on Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer to help the ISRO’s lunar exploration mission.
Russia had supplied similar products to the US for the launching of three NASA expeditions -- Mars Pathfinder (1997), Opportunity (2004) and Curiosity (2012).
Antipin said that the world’s first soft landing of a Russian spacecraft happened on Comet Churyumov -Gerasimenko. The lander Philae that had Cm-244 transmitted accurate data about the comet’s surface composition to Earth.
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Watch BBC WORLD NEWS channel now for Isro discussion.
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Feb 13, 2017
Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 28 Hrs countdown of PSLV-C37 Launch
Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) propellant filling operation of fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C37 is completed
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) oxidiser filling operation of PS4 is completed
Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal to parking end is completed. Preparations for propellant filling operation of Second Stage (PS2) are in progress.
Feb 15, 2017
N2O4 tank filling and UH25 tank filling operations of Second Stage (PS2) of PSLV-C37 are completed. Countdown is progressing normally.
Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) have cleared the 28 Hrs countdown of PSLV-C37 Launch
The 28 Hrs countdown activity of PSLV-C37/Cartosat2 Series Satellite Mission has started at 05:28 Hrs IST today, Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Mono Methyl Hydrazine (MMH) propellant filling operation of fourth stage (PS4) of PSLV-C37 is completed
Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen (MON-3) oxidiser filling operation of PS4 is completed
Mobile Service Tower (MST) withdrawal to parking end is completed. Preparations for propellant filling operation of Second Stage (PS2) are in progress.
Feb 15, 2017
N2O4 tank filling and UH25 tank filling operations of Second Stage (PS2) of PSLV-C37 are completed. Countdown is progressing normally.
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ISRO creates history, launches 104 satellites in one go
Isro's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in a single mission.
PSLV-C37 carrying the 104 satellites lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.28am. It was PSLV's 39th flightSeventeen minutes later, the rocket started placing the satellites into orbit, one by one with a time-frame of about 11 minutes.
Out of the total 104 satellites placed in orbit, 101 satellites belonged to six foreign countries. They included 96 from the US and one each from Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Kazakhstan.
PSLV first injected its main payload Cartosat- 2 series, India's indigenously built earth observation satellite. It was followed by two other nanosatellites of Isro ---- INS-1A and INS-1B.
It then took less than 10 minutes for the rocket to spew out 101 passengers, which are all foreign nanosatellites, as it travelled up in altitude reaching the polar sun synchronous orbit.
Russian Space Agency held a record of launching 37 satellites in one go during its mission in June 2014. India previously launched 23 satellites in a single mission in June 2015.
Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar congratulated his team for the successful launch of 104 satellites. "My hearty congratulations to the team. The Prime Minister has conveyed his congratulations," he said.
Expect more tons from Isro
Director, Isro Satellite Centre Mayilsamy Annadurai said, "We can also hit centuries like our cricketers. In another three months, we are planning another mission to launch 100 satellites. Besides GSLV missions, we have get Chandrayan - 2 ready for launch next year."
Mission director B Jayakumar said the launch involved complex issues in management and maneuvering, "A great moment for each and every one of us. We have so far launched 226 satellites including 179 foreign satellites," he said.
Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre K Sivan said it was the toughest mission they had handled. "We had to ensure they don't collide," he said.
"Last year we saw nine successful launches. This year began with a remarkable event. Congratulations to customers on placing confidence on Isro's PSLV," said director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre P Kunhikrishnan.
All about 104 s atellites
Equipped with panchromatic and multispectral cameras, the 664kg Cartosat -2 will provide remote sensing services similar to that of its predecessors.
Images from the satellite will be used for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other land information system (LIS) and geographical information system (GSI) applications.
INS-1A and INS-1B are versatile and modular nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future science and experimental payload.
Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites belonged to San Francisco-based earth imaging startup Planet. With the launch, the company has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will soon begin capturing images of the earth's entire landmass, including India, every day.
Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global, US, will provide services for vessel tracking and weather measurement.
The nanosatellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UAE are mostly technology demonstrators.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/isr...satellites-in-one-go/articleshow/57159734.cms[/QUOTE]
Isro's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in a single mission.
PSLV-C37 carrying the 104 satellites lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.28am. It was PSLV's 39th flightSeventeen minutes later, the rocket started placing the satellites into orbit, one by one with a time-frame of about 11 minutes.
Out of the total 104 satellites placed in orbit, 101 satellites belonged to six foreign countries. They included 96 from the US and one each from Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Kazakhstan.
PSLV first injected its main payload Cartosat- 2 series, India's indigenously built earth observation satellite. It was followed by two other nanosatellites of Isro ---- INS-1A and INS-1B.
It then took less than 10 minutes for the rocket to spew out 101 passengers, which are all foreign nanosatellites, as it travelled up in altitude reaching the polar sun synchronous orbit.
Russian Space Agency held a record of launching 37 satellites in one go during its mission in June 2014. India previously launched 23 satellites in a single mission in June 2015.
Isro chairman A S Kiran Kumar congratulated his team for the successful launch of 104 satellites. "My hearty congratulations to the team. The Prime Minister has conveyed his congratulations," he said.
Expect more tons from Isro
Director, Isro Satellite Centre Mayilsamy Annadurai said, "We can also hit centuries like our cricketers. In another three months, we are planning another mission to launch 100 satellites. Besides GSLV missions, we have get Chandrayan - 2 ready for launch next year."
Mission director B Jayakumar said the launch involved complex issues in management and maneuvering, "A great moment for each and every one of us. We have so far launched 226 satellites including 179 foreign satellites," he said.
Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre K Sivan said it was the toughest mission they had handled. "We had to ensure they don't collide," he said.
"Last year we saw nine successful launches. This year began with a remarkable event. Congratulations to customers on placing confidence on Isro's PSLV," said director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre P Kunhikrishnan.
All about 104 s atellites
Equipped with panchromatic and multispectral cameras, the 664kg Cartosat -2 will provide remote sensing services similar to that of its predecessors.
Images from the satellite will be used for cartographic applications, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, change detection to bring out geographical and manmade features and various other land information system (LIS) and geographical information system (GSI) applications.
INS-1A and INS-1B are versatile and modular nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future science and experimental payload.
Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites belonged to San Francisco-based earth imaging startup Planet. With the launch, the company has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will soon begin capturing images of the earth's entire landmass, including India, every day.
Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global, US, will provide services for vessel tracking and weather measurement.
The nanosatellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UAE are mostly technology demonstrators.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/isr...satellites-in-one-go/articleshow/57159734.cms[/QUOTE]
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I remember watching that old crazy male anchor(bbc business),he will be very jealous today
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A4, A5 , K15, K4 , bramhos extended range. AAD, PDV , GSLV mk3 , 104 satellites in one go pSLV. Mars orbitar prolonged life , 2 rovers for chandrayan 2 , ARIHANT and ARIDAMAN prowling on sea , LCA production on ramp , Kaveri revived.
Dhanush ATAGS all prepared,
Pinaca accuracy improved to 8.5 meters.
Astra missile almost ready. Amca design prepared.
What insane progress we are making
This is madness. By God we sure are on fire these days.
:hippo:
Dhanush ATAGS all prepared,
Pinaca accuracy improved to 8.5 meters.
Astra missile almost ready. Amca design prepared.
What insane progress we are making
This is madness. By God we sure are on fire these days.
:hippo:
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Never worked for ISRO and he's in his late 60s!he is your neighbor...... great.. how old he is now and did he work for ISRO.. this movie is a must ,it will bring space science discussion on dinner table in India..
Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu - The Queen of the Hill Stations! Here....
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That BBC WORLD NEWS crazy male anchor started the news quite good. Then they showed Team Indus and a female reporter discussed about that team and the rover. I must say Indus rover is cute. But what angered me was - at the end of the show the crazy anchor said, 'Good for India..
launching 104 satellites ....103 million Indians still do not get food....what! just telling the truth ...' Damn I want to punch that guy. Old habit does not go.
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These are the morons who voted for brexit:biggrin2:
To expect them to think logically is your fault. Now swear never again to expect something logically coherent from these butthurt brexshit British bullshitters:biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2:
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Nanosats (aka doves) launched today by ISRO.
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Hamari khusiyon ko nazar na lage(modi ji 2019 mebhi jite)A4, A5 , K15, K4 , bramhos extended range. AAD, PDV , GSLV mk3 , 104 satellites in one go pSLV. Mars orbitar prolonged life , 2 rovers for chandrayan 2 , ARIHANT and ARIDAMAN prowling on sea , LCA production on ramp , Kaveri revived.
Dhanush ATAGS all prepared,
Pinaca accuracy improved to 8.5 meters.
Astra missile almost ready. Amca design prepared.
What insane progress we are making
This is madness. By God we sure are on fire these days.
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True dat
Btw I am feeling very euphoric . It's like I am on drugs. Can't even think straight now and it's the noon still:biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2::bounce::bounce:
