ISRO to launch earth observation satellite EOS-03 on Aug 12

Bengaluru: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV-F10) will launch earth observation satellite, EOS-03 from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, next week.

”The launch is tentatively scheduled at 05:43 hrs IST on August 12, 2021, subject to weather conditions”, the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation said in an update.

EOS-03 is a state-of-the-art agile satellite that will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10, it said.

Subsequently, the satellite will reach the final geostationary orbit using its onboard propulsion system.

A four-metre diameter Ogive shaped payload fairing is being flown for the first time in this GSLV flight.

This is the fourteenth flight of GSLV, it was stated.