ISRO has Launched a 17 Remote Sensing Satellite on 23 Sept 2009

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched PSLV C-14 which carried 7 satellites into the outer space.

• Rs.70-crore PSLV rocket carried the Rs.130-crore Oceansat2 -- India's remote sensing satellite on Wednesday afternoon from Satish Dhawan Centre in Sriharikota.

• The PSLV carried six other nano satellites. PSLV will place India's OCEANSAT 2 satellite in orbit.

• The Indian satellite will be ejected into a sun-synchronous orbit 720 km above the earth and it will cover the whole earth as the coverage strip will be moving.

• The orbit is designed in such a way that the satellite will cross the Equator at 12 noon near India.

• A global leader in remote sensing data, India has till date launched 15 remote sensing satellites of which nine are still in operation.

• Even the Oceansat1 launched in 1999 is in service and will go into oblivion slowly. The design life of Oceansat2 is five years and it may outlast that period like its earlier version.

Source:- Yahoo! India News