tuhin4u (Unstopable Lover + Mariana World DIAMOND member): ISRO currently operates two Radar Imaging Satellites. RISAT-1 was launched from Sriharikota Spaceport on 26 April 2012 on board a PSLV.RISAT-1 carries a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, operating in a multi- polarisation and multi- resolution mode and can provide images with coarse, fine and high spatial resolutions. *
29-09-14 - 06:08:37

tuhin4u (Unstopable Lover + Mariana World DIAMOND member): ISRO has also launched a set of experimental geostationary satellites known as the GSAT series. Kalpana-1, ISRO's first dedicated meteorological satellite,was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 12 September 2002.The satellite was originally known as MetSat-1. *
29-09-14 - 06:10:59

tuhin4u (Unstopable Lover + Mariana World DIAMOND member): In February 2003 it was renamed to Kalpana-1 by the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in memory of Kalpana Chawla – a NASA astronaut of Indian origin who perished in Space Shuttle Columbia. *
29-09-14 - 06:12:18

tuhin4u (Unstopable Lover + Mariana World DIAMOND member): ISRO has also successfully launched the Indo-French satellite SARAL on 25 February 2013, 12:31 UTC.SARAL 0r Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa is a cooperative altimetry technology mission. It is being used for monitoring the oceans surface and sea-levels.AltiKa will measure ocean surface topography with an accuracy of 8 mm, against 2.5 cm on average using current- generation altimeters, and with a spatial resolution of 2 km. *
29-09-14 - 06:14:24

tuhin4u (Unstopable Lover + Mariana World DIAMOND member): In June 2014, India launched Singapore's first nano satellite (VELOX-I), Canada's (CAN-X5), AISAT of Germany and French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7 besides its primary payload of 714 kg via the PSLV- C23. *
29-09-14 - 06:15:44