Chennai, May 15 -- Amid Indo-Pak tensions and the Operation Sindoor to destroy terror camps in Pakistan, the surveillance in border areas of India is all set to get a major boost, as ISRO is readying for launching of an earth observation satellite RISAT-1B/EOS-O9 on May 18 morning.

EOS-09 (RISAT-1B) will provide high-resolution radar imagery, especially of India's border regions.

The Satellite will be launched using ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C61 from the spaceport of Sriharikota at 5.59 hrs on May 18.

This would be ISRO''s 101st launch mission which will take place from the First Launch Pad.

In a post on X on Thursday evening, ISRO wrote "Watch this timelapse of PSLV-C61 / EOS-09 - marking ISRO's 101st launch - as PSLV i...