This week will witness the launch of the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-51 at 10.28 am on February 28, 2021. It will be launched from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, Sriharikota.
In the initial mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2021, Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 is the main payload and there will be 3 Indian payloads, such as one constructed by a house-grown begin-up. As has been reported by TheSpuzz Online, Amazonia-1 is the initial earth observation satellite which has been created, created and assembled and tested completely by Brazil.
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This launch was earlier scheduled for a launch in July 2020, even so had to be rescheduled mainly because of the lockdown due to worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
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According to ISRO, “PSLV-C51 will be launching Amazonia-1 as the primary satellite. There will be 18 co-passengers and it will be using `DL’ variant of PSLV which is equipped with two solid strap on boosters.”
“February 28, launch of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission is the first dedicated PSLV commercial mission for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). This is a Government of India Company and is under the Department of Space. NSIL is undertaking this mission under a commercial arrangement with Spaceflight Inc, USA.”
The PSLV-C51 will also be launching the country’s initial industrial private remote-sensing satellite (Anand).
India-Brazil Space Cooperation
In the early 2000s, India and Brazil had an agreement in spot at the Government to Government level. It was beneath this agreement Brazil began getting information from Resourcesat-1 satellite of India from October 2009 to September 2013. And, considering that October 2014 has been getting information from Resourcesat-2.
In 2014 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, the two inked an agreement to set up a Brazilian earth station to get information from the Indian satellites. And for operating the station and gathering information by way of remote sensing, ISRO has been instruction scientists at its facility.
And, India gets tracking help from ground stations situated Alcantara and Cuiaba, in Brazil on industrial basis — for Indian satellites and other space programmes which consist of Chandrayaan-I, Megha Tropiques, MOM, and ASTROSAT.
Importance of Amazonia-1 for Brazil
As reported by TheSpuzz Online earlier, the pictures are anticipated to assist in not only observing but also monitoring the deforestation of the Amazon Region. The launch on Sunday is more essential as just after the fires in the Amazon Region, the pictures will assist in the agricultural and vegetation locations also.
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More about the Brazilian Satellite
It has been created and tested in Brazil and is going to be the initial satellite for Earth Observation.
It is not hitch-hiking rather it is the main payload.
It comes with 14,000 electrical connections and 6 km of wires.
The Amazonia 1 satellite is the third Brazilian remote sensing satellite and is going to be operational along with CBERS-4 and CBERS-4A.
It is a synchronous (polar) Sun orbit satellite.
Images of the planet will be generated just about every 5 days.
There is a wide-view optical imager — with 3 frequency bands in the VIS visible spectrum, with a band situated close to the Near Infrared or NIR infrared.
These cameras have the capability of observing a variety of roughly 850 km and have a resolution of 64 meters.
According to diplomatic sources, the Amazonia series satellites have the capability of two independent modules — a Service Module, which is the Multi-mission Platform (PMM) and a Payload Module, which holds imaging cameras and gear for recording and transmitting image information.
Who are the co-passengers?
‘Anand’ is constructed by Indian space startup, Pixxel ‘Satish Dhawan’ which is constructed by Chennai-based Space Kidz India and ‘UNITYsat’ will be the co-passengers.
More about UNITYsat
Three satellites have been created and constructed as a joint improvement by Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur (JITsat), GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (GHRCEsat) and Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore (Sri Shakthi Sat) and are portion of UNITYsat.
Space Cooperation with nations in LAC Region
Several nations from the area have been in touch with Indian Space Agency searching for cooperation in Space at various levels. Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Colombia, are amongst some of the nations who currently have a Space Cooperation with ISRO.
And nations like Costa Rica and Paraguay are seeking forward to establishing cooperation with ISRO.