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ISRO: PSLV C- 46 launch

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By Surendra Uikey
PSLV-C46 Mission on 22 May 2019, Satish Dhawan Space Center Indian Space Agency (ISRO) is preparing to launch Pslv c-46 very soon.ISRO will launch RISAT-2B using PSLV-C46.ISRO is ready to launch RISAT-2B from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota on 21 May, 2019 at 5:27 am on ISRO PSLV-C46.                                                                                            
.                                                                                                      PSLV-C46 which is the 48th mission of PSLV, Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) will launch the SHAR, Sriharikota's First Launch Pad (FLP), RISAT-2B, a Radar Imaging Earth Observation Satellite.  Subject to weather conditions, the launch on May 22, 2019 has been temporarily fixed at 0527 hrs IST.The SDSC SHAR, the 36th Launch Vehicle Mission from Sriharikota and the 36th launch from the First Launch Pad. RISAT-2B will be placed in a range of 555 km at a 37-degree inclination. ISRO has made provision to make public to view the launch from the viewer gallery, recently opened in the Shreeharikota stock of Satish Dhawan Space Center.

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