The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched the country’s own advanced spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 and nine foreign satellites from the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh.
RISAT-2BR1 and the nine foreign satellites were successfully placed in their designated orbits by PSLV-C48.
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C48 rocket, on its 50th mission, blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre carrying the 628 Kg RISAT-2BR1 — a radar imaging earth observation satellite — and nine foreign satellites from four countries.
The foreign satellites belong to the US (multi-mission Lemur-4 satellites, technology demonstration Tyvak-0129, earth imaging 1HOPSAT), Israel (remote sensing Duchifat-3), Italy (search and rescue Tyvak-0092) and Japan (QPS-SAR- radar imaging earth observation satellite).
Today’s launch marks a significant milestone for the space agency as it would be the 50th flight of the PSLV and also the 75th vehicle mission from Sriharikota. RISAT-2BR1, the radar imaging earth observation satellite is meant for applications in various fields like agriculture, forestry and disaster management support.
The mission life of RISAT2-BR1 is five years. RISAT-2BR1 follows the successful launch of RISAT-2B on May 22.
Till date, the ISRO has put into orbit 310 foreign satellites. With today’s mission turning successful, the number has gone up to 319.
© Provided by The Statesman ISRO puts into orbit India's spy satellite RISAT-2BR1, 9 foreign satellites
On November 27, the ISRO successfully launched PSLV-C47 carrying Cartosat-3 spacecraft and 13 nanosatellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
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