GSAT-12, a geosynchronous satellite to be launched by PSLV on Jul 15

GSAT-12 ISRO's Communication Satellite, a geosynchronous satellite to be launched by PSLV.The launch date has been finalized on July 15, 2011, around 16:48 and 17:08 hrs IST.

Want to know about Resourcesat-2 Satellite ???

ISRO, In its 17th flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle injected three Satellites viz. RESOURCESAT-2, YOUTHSAT and X-SAT (of Nanyang Technical University, Singapore) into Polar Sun-synchronous orbits on April 20, 2011 from Sriharikota.

I intend to educate the reader on Resourcesat-2 satellite in this post. Next in subsequent posts I intend to enlighten the readers about what is Remote Sensing and how it is carried out using satellites; but presently we concentrate on Resorcesat-2.

The Image shows coverage of this satellite around Earth in about 24 hours on a typical day ( 26Apr2011 in specific )

More on Resourcesat=2 coverage over India

In earlier post I covered details about how the satellite moves around Earth over a day and how it sweeps entire Earth in about 16 orbits every day.
We concentrate now on how exactly the data is captured and is received by the receiving station.

PSLV C17 launch flight sequence

In previous post we brought out various aspects about PSLV launch flight sequence.

How does the 1st orbit of GSAT12 look like ???

Injection orbit of GSAT12 and its launcher has been generated and plotted below as seen from a point above North pole and also along equator to show the inclination.