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2007-12-21 India-Pakistan

ISRO to launch Israeli spy sat on January 2nd

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Posted by john frum 2007-12-21 14:08|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Where it says it is a spy satellite?

Posted by Pholugum Stalin1270 2007-12-21 16:38|| 2007-12-21 16:38|| Front Page Top

#2 It is TechSAR aka Polaris - the first Israeli Synthetic Aperture Radar bird.

Israel has decided to launch its next spy satellite aboard Indias Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rather than on its own indigenous Shavit rocket,
The TecSAR like Israels Ofeq series of spy satellites will pass over specific target areas once every 90 minutes or so. But because the satellites 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 Ofeqs electro-optical camera cannot capture imagery at night or through clouds and other climatic obstacles.

Middle of next year ISRO will launch Tauvex.

TAUVEX is an Indo-Israeli Ultraviolet Imaging Experiment that will image large parts of the sky in the wavelength region between 1400 and 3200 Å. The instrument consists of three equivalent 20-cm UV imaging telescopes with a choice of filters for each telescope. Each telescope has a field of view of about 54' and a spatial resolution of about 6" to 10", depending on the wavelength. TAUVEX will be launched into a geostationary orbit as part of ISRO's GSAT-4 mission.

Posted by john frum 2007-12-21 18:12|| 2007-12-21 18:12|| Front Page Top

#3 TechSAR was supposed to be launched in November. There seems to have been technical problems with the launcher. According to reports the vehicle was destacked.

One news report (denied by both Israel and India) claimed US pressure to stop the launch.

With ISRO stating a launch window, looks like it is now on.

Posted by john frum 2007-12-21 18:15|| 2007-12-21 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Jan 2 - PSLV-C10 - Polaris (TecSar/TechSAR)

Jan 10 - PSLV-C9 - CartoSat-2A (imaging bird); NSL-4 (CanX-2; AAU-Cubsat 2; Cute-1.7+APD II; COMPASS-1; Delfi-C3; SEEDS-2) (micro-sats)

Jan ?? Rohini Sounding Rocket (RH-200) to carry air breathing engine (hypersonic scramjet prototype test)

Apr 9 - PSLV-XL - Chandrayaan-1 (moon probe); MIP

Jun - GSLV Mk-1(2) (C-2) - G-Sat 4 (Healthsat)(telemedicine for Indian villages) +Tauvex-2

Sep/Oct - GSLV Mk-2 (D-3) - Insat 3-D (communication bird)

Sep - PSLV - AstroSat (ISRO Astronomy satellite)

October - PSLV - RI-Sat 1 (Indian SAR bird)

October - PSLV - OceanSat-2; SRE-2 (Indian recoverable space capsule)

?? 2008 - GSLV - GLONASS-M (Russian GPS bird)

Posted by john frum 2007-12-21 18:32|| 2007-12-21 18:32|| Front Page Top

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