ISRO set for another big mission: Here's all you need to know about HysIS Satellite

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) gears up to add another feather to its hat as it’s set to launch its workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 carrying India's earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites, including 23 from the US, from Sriharikota on November 29.

The 45th flight of PSLV will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

Here are things to know about HysIS:   

# HysIS is an earth observation satellite developed by the ISRO. It is the primary satellite of the PSLV-C43 mission.

# The satellite will be placed in 636 km polar sun synchronous orbit (SSO) with an inclination of 97.957 deg. The mission life of the satellite is 5 years, the ISRO said.

# The primary goal of HysIS is to study the earth's surface in visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

# The co-passengers of HysIS include one Micro and 29 Nano satellites from eight different countries.

# All the satellites will be placed in a 504 km orbit by PSLV-C43.

# The countries comprise United States of America (23 satellites), Australia, Canada, Columbia, Finland, Malaysia, Netherlands and Spain (one satellite each).

# PSLV is ISRO's third generation launch vehicle. It can carry upto 1,750 kg of payload into polar SSO of 600 km altitude.

(With PTI inputs)