ISRO successfully launched earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1
Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle achieved a landmark with its 50th mission lifting off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The 628-kilogram RISAT-2BR1 is the second radar imaging satellite in the RISAT-2B series and along with the CARTOSAT-3 is part of a group of satellites that will boost India's earth imaging capabilities from space.
The satellite will help in agriculture, mining, forestry and coastal management, soil monitoring, disaster management support and round the clock border surveillance.
The RISAT satellites are equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that can take pictures of the earth during day and night and also under cloudy conditions.
RISAT-2BR1 has a powerful resolution allowing two objects separated by 35-centimetre distance to be distinctly identified and will cover a swathe of 5 to 10 kilometres.
PSLV-C48 also carried nine customer satellites including one each from Israel, Italy and Japan and six from the USA as co-passengers.
The first satellite in the RISAT-2B series was launched earlier this year to replace the ageing RISAT-2. The RISAT-2BR1 will be followed by two more satellites of the same series next year to complete a quartet of satellites with advanced earth imaging abilities.
Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle achieved a landmark with its 50th mission lifting off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
The 628-kilogram RISAT-2BR1 is the second radar imaging satellite in the RISAT-2B series and along with the CARTOSAT-3 is part of a group of satellites that will boost India's earth imaging capabilities from space.
The satellite will help in agriculture, mining, forestry and coastal management, soil monitoring, disaster management support and round the clock border surveillance.
The RISAT satellites are equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that can take pictures of the earth during day and night and also under cloudy conditions.
RISAT-2BR1 has a powerful resolution allowing two objects separated by 35-centimetre distance to be distinctly identified and will cover a swathe of 5 to 10 kilometres.
PSLV-C48 also carried nine customer satellites including one each from Israel, Italy and Japan and six from the USA as co-passengers.
The first satellite in the RISAT-2B series was launched earlier this year to replace the ageing RISAT-2. The RISAT-2BR1 will be followed by two more satellites of the same series next year to complete a quartet of satellites with advanced earth imaging abilities.
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