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With the successful launch of cartosat-3 onboard PSLV-C47 on Wednesday morning, Isro has added one more to its constellation of remote sensing satellites that can map the earth with better accuracy. Isro has so far launched 8 cartosat satellites since 2005. Along with cartosat, PSLV, in its 49th flight, also placed 13 nanosatellites from the US in their orbits.

PM Modi congratulated Isro on Wednesday for the successful launch of cartosat-3 satellite. "I heartily congratulate the entire ISRO team on yet another successful launch of PSLV-C47 carrying indigenous cartosat-3 satellite and over a dozen nano satellites of USA," he tweeted. cartosat-3 is a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability.

In what’s being described as the first major use of the cartosat family of satellites, the last one (2c) launched in June this year, sources in Isro said that the armed forces were aided by high-resolution images for the surgical strikes conducted across the line of control in the small hours of Thursday.

The cartosat-2C images helped with narrowing down the locations for the strikes. A satellite like the cartosat-2C has, in addition to several other capabilities, a high-resolution camera that can even detect illegal mining. And Pakistan has just two such satellites.

Hours after PSLV-C47 successfully injected cartosat-3 and 13 US nanosatellites into orbit, Isro released a video with clips from the cameras onboard the launch vehicle.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Friday released high resolution images of various locations in Qatar captured by cameras onboard cartosat-3, a third-generation earth observation satellite.

Isro's cartosat-2 satellite, launched on Jan 10, 2007, successfully re-entered the atmosphere and dropped into the Indian Ocean on Feb 14. cartosat-2 is the space agency’s first satellite in the second generation of high-resolution imaging satellites. It provided high-resolution imagery for urban planning and its de-orbiting represents a significant step for ensuring the long-term sustainability of outer space activities.

In a flawless launch, five satellites, including the advanced high-resolution cartography satellite cartosat-2B, were placed in orbit on Monday by India's space agency Isro with its PSLV rocket from Sriharikota.

Isro on Wednesday successfully launched PSLV-C47 that placed Earth observation satellite cartosat-3 and 13 US nanosatellites. It marked Isro's milestone of launching more than 300 satellites from 33 countries in two decades. "cartosat-3 is the most complex and advanced earth observation satellite developed by Isro so far," Isro chief Dr K Sivan said.

Isro is gearing up to launch a cartosat-series satellite, also called the ‘eye in the sky’ because of its surveillance capabilities, into the 505-km polar sun synchronous orbit by then end of this month.

Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday sent PSLV-C15 soaring into space to place in orbit cartosat-2B, a remote sensing satellite with applications in mapping and infrastructure planning.

After the unsuccessful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1H, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch a remote sensing satellite of cartosat 2 series along with 30 nano satellites of foreign countries in the second half of December.

India's advanced remote sensing satellite cartosat-2B, which was put into orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on July 12, has begun sending high quality images.

All preparations for the launch of the cartosat satellite have been completed, which is scheduled to take off on May 5.

ISRO on Friday announced that it would launch 31 satellites, including India's cartosat-2 series earth observation space craft, in a single mission onboard its Polar rocket on January 10.

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40) on Friday placed cartosat-2 Series and 29 other satellites in orbit. But the mission is continuing as the rocket has to place one more satellite in orbit.

cartosat series—cartosat-2, 2A, 2B and 2C—of remote sensing satellites reportedly provided necessary images to the armed forces to carry out its surgical strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control (LOC).

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Tuesday released the first image captured by cartosat-2 series satellite, four days after it was placed in orbit by PSLV-C40. The satellite is seventh in the remote sensing cartosat series.

HYDERABAD: The first of the imageries sent by cartosat-1 are out and scientists of the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) here extremely happy with them.

Indian Space Research Organisation began a 28-hour countdown for the launch of PSLV-C40/cartosat 2 Series satellite mission at 5.29am on Thursday, according to an update on Isro’s website.

Countdown to the launch of 980 kg heavy Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - PSLV-C38 on Friday at 9. 29 am, has begun on Thursday at 5.29 am. It is set to launch 31 satellites, including 30 nanosatellites.