Ajay Kumar at 07:47, 2 September 2023

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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = EMISAT
| image = EMISAT in deployed configuration.png
| image_caption = EMISAT in deployed configuration
| mission_type = Reconnaissance
| operator = [[National Technical Research Organisation|NTRO]]<ref>{{cite news |title=India gets surveillance satellite |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/pslv-isro-emisat-launch-from-sriharikota-on-april-1/article26699077.ece |access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref>
| website = {{url|https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission}}
| COSPAR_ID =
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = Planned: 5 years <br /> Elapsed: {{time interval|1 April 2019|show=ymd|sep=,}}
| spacecraft_bus = [[Indian Mini Satellite bus|IMS]]-2
| manufacturer = [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] <br/>[[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]
| dry_mass = {{convert|NNNN| | |abbr=on}}
| launch_mass = {{cvt|436|kg}}
| power = 965 W
| launch_date = {{start-date|1 April 2019|timezone=yes}} UTC
| launch_rocket = [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-QL]] [[PSLV-C45|C45]]
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad|SLP]]
| launch_contractor = [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]
| disposal_type =
| deactivated =
| last_contact = 
| decay_date =
| orbit_epoch =
| orbit_reference = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime =
| orbit_periapsis =
| orbit_apoapsis = {{cvt|749|km|mi}}
| orbit_inclination = 98.376 degree
| orbit_period =
| apsis = gee
}}

'''EMISAT''', launched on 1 April 2019, is an [[India|Indian]] [[reconnaissance satellite]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c45-emisat-mission/launch-kit|title=PSLV C45 Launch Kit|website=www.isro.gov.in|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323093804/https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/pslv-c45_launch_kitv5.0_fn_23.03.19.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2019|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> under [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) project ''Kautilya''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/kautilya|title=Kautilya|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> which is a package that provides space-based electronic [[Signals intelligence|signal intelligence]] or [[ELINT]]. The spacecraft helps in improving the situational awareness of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] as it will provide information and location of enemy radars.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/pslv-isro-emisat-launch-from-sriharikota-on-april-1/article26699077.ece|title=India gets surveillance satellite|last=D.s|first=Madhumathi|date=2019-04-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The ELINT payload is developed by [[Defence Electronics Research Laboratory]] (DLRL), while augmented [[Indian Mini Satellite bus|Indian Mini Satellite-2]] (IMS-2) platform is provided by [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/annual_report_2019-20_english/files/assets/common/downloads/Annual%20Report%202019-20%20(English).pdf|title=Annual Report 2019-20, Department of Space|date=14 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214130824/https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/annual_report_2019-20_english/files/assets/common/downloads/Annual%20Report%202019-20%20%28English%29.pdf|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> The capabilities of the ''Kautilya'' package is highly classified. It monitors radio signals to determine the location and source of all transmission.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IANS|date=2020-07-26|title=India's Spy Satellite by ISRO Studies China Troops' Position in Tibet|url=https://www.india.com/viral/indias-spy-satellite-by-isro-studies-china-troops-position-in-tibet-4094786/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}

* [[Integrated_Space_Cell#Military|Indian military satellites]]
*[[Indian Space Research Organisation]]
*[[List of Indian satellites]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{PSLV}}
{{Indian spacecraft}}
{{Orbital launches in 2019}}
{{Rest of the World Reconnaissance Satellites}}

[[Category:Signals intelligence satellites]]
[[Category:Satellites of India]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched by India in 2019]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched by PSLV rockets]]
[[Category:April 2019 events in India]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 2010s]]

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Ajay Kumar at 07:47, 2 September 2023