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...