Thursday, August 27, 2020

The Gravity Advantage for the ISRO

 

The attached image is the Goce satellite view of Earth's gravity taken by European Space Agency (ESA). 


Note the gravity is lowest in the southern part of India. It's a coincidence that India's satellite launching station is based there. Hope the #ISRO realises this global advantage and exploits this advantage by marketing the relevant fuel efficiency of its launches.

If you are interested in GOCE and how the data for this visualisation was collected please refer to the reference #1.

References: 

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8767763.stm