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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