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50th PSLV launch carries radar satellite
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- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) marked its ‘Golden Jubilee’ launch on Wednesday by injecting India’s advanced radar imaging satellite RISAT-2BR1 and 9 other customer satellites from Japan, Italy, Israel and the U.S.A. into their intended orbits.
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- Successful track record:
(1) The PSLV has a history of successful launches of payloads that include Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission and the space recovery mission.
(2) Only 2 failures: The PSLV has failed only twice in its history — the maiden flight of the PSLV D1 in September 1993 and the PSLV C-39 in August 2017.
- Versatility of PSLV: The PSLV had helped take payloads into almost all the orbits in space including Geo-Stationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), the Moon, Mars and would soon be launched a mission to the Sun.
- RISAT 2BR-1 satellite:
(1) The RISAT-2BR1 will be used for agriculture, forestry, disaster management support and national security.
(2) ISRO will launch the next version of RISAT within the next two months
Source
The Hindu