ISRO launches its latest spy satellite RISAT-2BR1 on PSLV's historic 50th mission

India on Wednesday launched its latest spy satellite, RISAT-2BR1, and nine foreign satellites through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which is on its 50th mission

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India on Wednesday launched its latest spy satellite, RISAT-2BR1, and nine foreign satellites through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which is on its 50th mission.

RISAT-2BR1 is a radar imaging earth observation satellite developed by India's space agency Isro; it is meant for application in fields such as agriculture and disaster management support and has a mission life of five years.

The other satellites include six from the United States, and one each from Japan, Italy and Israel; their applications range from remote sensing to earth imaging. The launch vehicle, PSLV-C48, took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 3.25 pm.

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RISAT-2BR1 and all nine customer satellites have been placed in orbit. Today's launch marks milestones other than PSLV's 50th mission: it is also the 75th launch vehicle mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, and the sixth launch of 2019.


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