![]() Rendering of EOS-08 in deployed configuration | |
Names | Microsat - 2C |
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Mission type | Earth Observation |
Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2024-147A |
SATCAT no. | 60454 ![]() |
Website | ISRO SSLV-D3 / EOS-08 Mission |
Mission duration | expected – 1 year elasped – 1 year, 5 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Earth observation satellite |
Bus | IMS-1 |
Manufacturer | VSSC, ISRO |
Launch mass | 175.5 kg |
Power | 420W |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 August 2024, 03:47 IST |
Rocket | SSLV-D3 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Center, First Launch Pad (FLP) |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) |
Altitude | 475 kilometer |
Inclination | 37.4° |
Instruments | |
Electro Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR) Global Navigation Satellite System- Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R) SiC UV Dosimeter | |
EOS-08 is an experimental earth-observation Indian satellite launched on 16 August 2024. [1]
The satellite carries three payloads namely Electro Optical Infrared Payload (EOIR), SAC, Global Navigation Satellite System- Reflectometry payload (GNSS-R), SAC and SiC UV Dosimeter, LEOS.
The spacecraft was launched on the third and final test flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle. The launch was postponed from August 15 [2] and finally took place on August 16, 2024. [3]
Three days after launch on August 19, the EIOR instrument sent back its first data, capturing high-resolution thermal images of pune city and of the Namibia Desert. It soon followed with an image capture over Santiago, Chile, following a pass of Landsat 9, indicating the local temperature difference over a span of 4 hours. [4] [5]