EMISAT

{{Short description|Indian reconnaissance satellite}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = EMISAT

| image = EMISAT in deployed configuration.png

| image_caption = EMISAT in deployed configuration

| mission_type = Reconnaissance

| operator = NTRO{{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}}

| website = {{url|https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c45-emisat-mission}}

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| mission_duration = Planned: 5 years
Elapsed: {{time interval|1 April 2019|show=ymd|sep=,}}

| spacecraft_bus = IMS-2

| manufacturer = DRDO
ISRO

| dry_mass = {{convert|NNNN| | |abbr=on}}

| launch_mass = {{cvt|436|kg}}

| power = 965 W

| launch_date = {{start date|2019|04|01|03|57|00|Z}}

| launch_rocket = PSLV-QL C45

| launch_site = Satish Dhawan SLP

| launch_contractor = ISRO

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| orbit_reference = Geocentric

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| 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 Indian reconnaissance satellite{{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}} under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) project Kautilya{{Cite web|url=https://www.drdo.gov.in/kautilya|title=Kautilya|access-date=26 January 2020}} which is a package that provides space-based electronic 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.{{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}} The ELINT payload is developed by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory (DLRL), while augmented Indian Mini Satellite-2 (IMS-2) platform is provided by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).{{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}} The capabilities of the Kautilya package is highly classified. It monitors radio signals to determine the location and source of all transmission.{{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}}