ISRO Launches Electronic Intelligence Satellite ‘Emisat’

  • India on April 1, 2019 launched an electronic intelligence satellite ‘Emisat’ for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with28 third party satellites.
  • ISRO, for the first time, will also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

Emisat

  • Emisat is a satellite based on ISRO’s Indian Mini Satellite -2 (IMS-2) bus platform.
  • The satellite is intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement.
  • Three experimental payloads:
  • Automatic Identification System (AIS) from ISRO - for maritime satellite applications capturing messages transmitted from ships.
  • Automatic Packet Repeating System (APRS) from AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation), India ....
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