Indian Space Research Organisation accomplishes a major feat; PSLV C52 mission successful

ISRO has successfully completed its first launch mission this year. The PSLV C-52 rocket successfully launched the Earth observation satellite EOS-04, the INSPIREsat-1, which studies the sun, and the INS-2 TD, which is equipped with a thermal camera.The launch took place on February 14 at 05.59 am at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.

The EOS-04 satellite weighs 1710 kg. It is a radar imaging satellite designed to provide high quality images in all weather conditions for applications such as agriculture, forestry, gardens, soil moisture, hydrology and flood mapping. It has the ability to capture high quality images in any weather. It's life expectancy is 10 years.Information will be exchanged for agricultural research, flood risk studies and groundwater surface studies.The other two small satellites launched are the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology's Inspiresat-1 and ISRO's INS-2TD.