ISRO LAUNCHED CMS-01 SATELLITE
                     ISRO 
LAUNCHED 
CMS-01 
SATELLITE
INTRODUCTION
 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) 
will launch CMS-01 on Thursday the second 
launch pad of Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan (SDSC). 
Source: theprint.in
PSLV-C50 MISSION
The PSLV-C50 mission, which will be opened at 
15.41 p.m. with a payload only, offers 
telephone services including tv, tele-
education, tele-medicine and assistance for 
emergency relief.
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MISSION DETAILS
A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C50 
racket was taken off the satellite at 5:11am, 
designated CMS-01. 
It had entered the expected temporary orbit 
about two decades after its flight, according to 
ISRO officials in statement. 
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PASSENGER
It reached its intended temporary orbit about 
20 minutes after launch, ISRO officials said in 
a release. CMS-01 was the only passenger 
aboard the rocket.
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COVERAGE
 The CMS-01 1,410 kg satellite offers the 
facilities of both the Andaman Islands and the 
Nicobar Islands, and even Lakshadweep, with 
the extended C band of frequency range. 
 It would also have greater coverage across 
the Indian continent.
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CMS-01 to replace GSAT-12 
telecommunication satellite
 It would substitute the original orbital GSAT-
12 Telecommunication Satellite which was 
deployed in 2011 and was worked past its 
planned existence. 
 This satellite is formerly referred to as the 
GSAT-12R. For the INSAT-3B satellite, GSAT-12 
was itself a substitute. 
Source: NASA
CMS-01
 CMS-01 is inserted into a higher 
geosynchronous, highly elliptical orbit with a 
nominal distance of nearby 42,164 km 
(35,000 km/83 degrees), and is followed by 
the settling of the last geostationar orbit. 
 In this orbit, the spacecraft rotates around 
the Earth at the same speed as Earth rotation 
and, when seen from Earth, appears fixed 
within the sky.
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MISSION LIFE 
 The mission life on the satellite is estimated 
to be 7 years. 
 To fire the spacecraft, the PSLV launcher flies 
with six strap-on boosters in its XL 
configuration. 
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LAUNCH DATA
 This is PSLV's 52nd and XL configuration's 
22nd flight. This is also Sriharikota's 77th 
launch. 
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GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE 
LAUNCH 
 K. Sivan, President of ISRO, said before that 
the project rocket would shortly be followed 
by the launch of the EOS-02 Small satellite 
launch vehicle (SSLV) from the ISRO, the 
latest launch vehicle for small satellites 
(Earth Observation Satellite). 
 It is anticipated that EOS-3 will accompany 
the arrival of Geosynchronous Satellite 
Launch Vehicle F10.
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