India launches First Spy Satellite
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 5:43 pm
India has launched its first all-weather spy satellite, that will help security agencies keep a watch on the movements on the borders.
The PSLV-C12, carrying 300-kg Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-2) and 40-kg micro educational satellite ANUSAT lifted off from ISRO’s Satish Dhawan space Centre on Monday.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, weighing 230 tonnes at the time of launch, soared into a clear sky from the spaceport here, about 90 km north of Chennai.
RISAT has all-weather capability to take images of the Earth and would also be beneficial in mapping and managing natural disasters, such as floods and landslides, besides amplifying defence surveillance capabilities of the nation
ANUSAT is the first satellite developed by an Indian university (Anna University).
University sources said scores of students and faculty from different streams had worked on this satellite for the last six years.
This is the 15th flight of ISRO’s workhorse PSLV, which had launched 30 satellites (14 for India and 16 for foreign countries) into a variety of orbits since 1993.
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