Thursday, April 26, 2012

Indian Satellite RISAT-1

India has advanced another step in Remote Sensing

 "The 71-hour countdown for the launch of 1,858 kg RISAT-1, India’s radar imaging satellite, the heaviest one to be lifted by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle commenced this morning.
“The countdown for radar sensing satellite RISAT-1 started on Monday morning at 6.47 a.m. at Sriharikota. This is a 71- hour long countdown,” an ISRO spokesman told PTI.
The launch is scheduled at 5.47 a.m. on April 26 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh."

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