Indian woman helms launch mission on Friday
The launch of GSAT-12 was special not only for the fact that this was the first mission headed by an Indian woman scientist but also because it has many firsts to its credit.
WOMEN SCIENTISTS in India have another reason to be proud of. The reason being Bangalore based Dr TK Anuradha, when she, for the first time was in charge of a mission as complicated as the successful launch of a GSAT-12. The PSLV-C17 satellite blasting away on Friday found her name going down in the pages of history.
Anuradha was the project director of the missile. With her team she also developed the satellite GSAT-12 at the ISRO Satellite Centre in Bangalore. She was extremely happy and in a statement she said that the mission was a first on many respect.
Then going technical she said that this missile was the first to be launched into a sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit of 284 km perigee and an apogee of 21,000 km instead of the normal 36,000 km.’
Adding to the same she said, “Launching in this orbit is a complex process but we were able to do so without any difficultly. Further the data received so far has been satisfactory.” Apart from that this was the second time that a missile with six extended solid strap-on motors with 12 tonnes of solid propellants was used.
Adding another first to the long list she also said that, “This is the first time PSLV has been used to launching a communication satellite. Normally, the PSLV is used for launching weather and other experimental satellites.”
Thus this satellite created history in more than one ways and was really special.
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