ISRO carries out controlled re-entry experiment of decommissioned satellite
ISRO carries out controlled re-entry experiment of decommissioned satellite : The Indian Space Research Organisation said it successfully carried out an “extremely challenging” controlled re-entry experiment of the decommissioned orbiting Megha-Tropiques-1 (MT-1) satellite on Tuesday.
“The satellite re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and would have disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean”, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said on Twitter.
March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
The final impact region estimated is in the deep Pacific Ocean within the expected latitude and longitude boundaries. The low Earth satellite was launched on October 12, 2011. It is a joint satellite venture of ISRO and the French space agency, CNES for tropical weather and climate studies.
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