RISAT-1 launched
Updated On Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
PSLV C-19 lifts off carrying India's first indigenous radar imaging satellite RISAT-1 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Images from the 1,858 kg RISAT-1, the country's first microwave remote sensing satellite, has the capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as in cloudy conditions and will facilitate agriculture and disaster management, according to a news agency. AP Photo/Arun Sankar K
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
PSLV-C19 carrying India's First Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) lifts-off from Satish Space Centre, in Sriharikota. UNI Photo
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
PSLV C-19 lifts off carrying India's first indigenous radar imaging satellite RISAT-1 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Images from the 1,858 kg RISAT-1, the country's first microwave remote sensing satellite, has the capability to take images of the earth during day and night as well as in cloudy conditions and will facilitate agriculture and disaster management, according to a news agency. AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan addressing a press conference on the successful launch of the PSLV C-19, carrying the RISAT-1 satellite, from Satish Dhavan Space Center in Sriharikota. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
PSLV C-19, carrying the RISAT-1 satellite takes off during its launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
PSLV C-19, carrying the RISAT-1 satellite takes off during its launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST
Satellite director N Valarmathi addressing a press conference on the successful launch of the PSLV C-19, carrying the RISAT-1 satellite, from Satish Dhavan Space Center in Sriharikota. PTI Photo by R Senthil Kumar
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Updated on Apr 26, 2012 02:21 PM IST