Space Daily via Indo-Asia News Service: On an early on
Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave
Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh,
some 80 km from Chennai. With the launch of Risat-1, India has now joined a
select group of nations having such a technology.
The indigenously built Risat-1, with a life span of five
years, will be used for disaster prediction and agriculture forestry. The high
resolution pictures and microwave imaging from Risat-1 could also be used for
defence purposes as it can look through the clouds and fog.
..."PSLV-C19 mission is a grand success. This is the
20th successive successful flight of PSLV. India's first radar imaging satellite
was injected precisely into orbit," ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan said
after the launch.
..."With Risat-1 we can now forecast Kharif
season," Radhakrishnan said. According to satellite director N.
Valarmathi, Risat-1 can take images in all weather conditions and during day
and night. "The satellite has high storage device and other several unique
features," she added.
...Remote sensing satellites send back pictures and other
data for use. India has the largest constellation of remote sensing satellites
in the world providing imagery in a variety of spatial resolutions, from more
than a metre ranging up to 500 metres, and is a major player in vending such
data in the global market....
I look forward to running an image from Risat-1, instead of this old shot from NASA of Southern India
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