The first-day image captured by India's recently launched weather observation Cartosat-2 series satellite shows a part of Indore city in Madhya Pradesh with the Holkar Cricket Stadium in the centre. The image was acquired on January 15, three days after the launch of the satellite, and released yesterday on the website of the Indian Space Research Organisation.<br/><br/>Cartosat-2 Series satellite was successfully launched onboard PSLV-C40 rocket on Friday by ISRO from its spaceport at Sriharikota. Cartosat-2 is an advanced remote sensing satellite similar in configuration to earlier six spacecraft in the series and intended to augment data services to the users.<br/><br/>The images sent by the satellite will be useful for cartographic, urban and rural applications, coastal land use and regulation besides Geographical Information System applications, among others.
News On AIR | January 17, 2018 5:25 PM
Cartosat-2 series satellite captures its first image