ISRO Launches Radar Imaging Observation Satellite RISAT-2B

  • On May 22nd, a PSLV rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) placed RISAT-2B, an X-band microwave Earth Observation Satellite, into orbit 556 km above earth.

Milestones of ISRO

  • It will be ISRO’s 72ndlaunch vehicle mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
  • It will be 48thflight of PSLV.
  • It will be 36th launch from first launch pad.
  • For ISRO, it will be 14th flight of PSLV in ‘core alone’ configuration.
  • It will be 3rd launch of the year 2019.

Earth Observation satellite

  • An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is satellite specifically designed for Earth observation from orbit, similar to spy satellites ....

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