Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLV C29 will be launching six satellites for Singapore on Wednesday evening at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. These satellites will be used to gather information pertaining to disaster monitoring and urban planning for Singapore.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, weather conditions will be extremely favourable for the launch of the satellites.
The satellites, which would be launched one after another, will enter into the orbit after covering the distance of 550 kms from the Earth's surface. Six satellites will be released in span of 30 seconds to avoid any collision. Distance of about 20 kilometres has been set between each of them.
TeLEOS-1 is the key satellite out of the lot with the weight of 400 kgs, while rest of the satellites include two micro-satellites and three nano-satellites.
Reportedly, it is for the first time that the satellites will be tracking around the equator to gather data for equatorial region.
The satellite will capture images of Singapore once every 100 minutes. Through this, scientists will be able to track threats in the sea, air and natural disasters across the region.
Image credit: www.vssc.gov.in
