ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) had launched the Cartosat-3 satellite in November.

Today, ISRO launched the Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT-2BR1.

The launch is more special because RISAT-2BR1 is on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLVC48) in its 50th flight to space.

• RISAT-2BR1 launched at 3:15 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
• The countdown for the launch began on Tuesday at 4:40 pm.
• The launch also marks the 75^th vehicle launch or mission from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
• RISAT-2BR1 weighs 628 kg and carries applications that will help in the field of agriculture, disaster management and forestry. Its mission duration is 5 years.
• The PSLV also carried 9 foreign satellites, which have been put into orbit. There are 6 satellites from the US and one each from Italy, Israel and Japan.
• The foreign satellites are carried under a commercial contract with the New Space India Limited (NSIL).
• RISAT-2BR1 was launched after the successful launch of RISAT-2B in May this year.

RISAT is the name of a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance (survey and report) satellites. The RISAT-2BR1 is the fourth satellite of this series.

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