ISRO launched another remote sensing satellite, CARTOSAT-3 onboard PSLV-C47, earlier this morning, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
Apart from CARTOSAT-3, PSLV-C47 also carried 13 other commercial nano-satellites from the US.
CARTOSAT-3 is India’s third generation satellite used for high-resolution imaging and mapping of the earth’s surface.
In a first, CARTOSAT-3 will allow India to map the earth’s surface with the precision of 25 cm. This will give our defence agencies access to unprecedented level of image clarity.
This was the first major rocket launch by ISRO after Chandrayaan-2 and the nation is proud of this achievement.