ISRO chief K Sivan: PSLV-C 46 will concentrate on movements of terrorists near border areas

Tirumalai, May 21 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on Tuesday said that PSLV-C 46 satellite, which will be launched on Wednesday, will concentrate on the developments of terrorists in border areas. Sivan included that the satellite will help the security forces out terrorism from the nation by helping them spot the hideouts of the terrorists near border areas.

ISAT 2 BR 1 satellite into space. The satellite will concentrate on terrorists' movements and their hideouts in the borders," ISRO director was quoted as saying by ANI. Sivan included that PSLV-C 46 satellite's life span is five years. He included that the Bengaluru-put together ISRO is also focused on launching Chandrayan 2 in July next year.

The nation's premier space agency is set to launch PSLV-C 46 from Sriharikota in Nellore locale of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday. Sivan visited Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati on Tuesday with model of PSLV-C 46 and unique 'pooja' was performed by Tirumala temple authorities for success of mission.

It might be recalled that few days ago, ISRO had declared RISAT-2B, a radar imaging earth observation satellite, will be launched by PSLV-C46 on May 22. The launch will take place from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 5.27 am IST, subject to climate condition. "PSLV-C46 set to dispatch RISAT-2B from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota at 0527 Hrs IST on May 22, 2019, subject to weather conditions," ISRO had tweeted.

PSLV-C46 is the 48th mission of PSLV. It will dispatch RISAT-2B from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of SDSC. As indicated by ISRO, PSLV-C46 is the fourteenth trip of PSLV in 'center alone' arrangement (without the utilization of strong lash on engines). This will be the 72nd dispatch vehicle mission from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota and 36th dispatch from the First Launchpad. RISAT-2B will be placed into an orbit of 555 km at an inclination of 37 degrees.