ISRO scientists visit Tirupati Balaji temple to offer prayers ahead of SSLV D3 launch

TIRUPATI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists on Thursday visited the Tirupati Balaji temple here to offer prayers ahead of the launch of the SSLV D3.

ISRO is launching the EOS-08, an Earth Observation Satellite aboard the third and final developmental flight of the SSLV D3 on August 16. The primary objectives of the EOS-08 mission include designing and developing a microsatellite, creating payload instruments compatible with the microsatellite bus, and incorporating new technologies required for future operational satellites, according to an official release from the space agency.

#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: ISRO scientists visited Tirupati Balaji Temple to offer prayers ahead of the launch of the SSLV D3.

ISRO is going to launch EOS-08, an Earth Observation Satellite aboard the third and final developmental flight of the SSLV D3 on August 16. pic.twitter.com/gPbjP17u3z

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Built on the Microsat/IMS-1 bus, the EOS-08 carries three payloads — the Electro Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR), the Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry Payload (GNSS-R), and the SiC UV Dosimeter.

The EOIR payload is designed to capture images in the Mid-Wave IR (MIR) and Long-Wave IR (LWIR) bands, both during the day and night, for applications such as satellite-based surveillance, disaster monitoring, environmental monitoring, fire detection, volcanic activity observation, and industrial and power plant disaster monitoring.

The GNSS-R payload demonstrates the capability of using GNSS-R-based remote sensing for applications such as ocean surface wind analysis, soil moisture assessment, cryosphere studies over the Himalayan region, flood detection, and inland waterbody detection.The spacecraft is designed for a mission duration of one year. (ANI)