ISRO Launched Earth Observation Satellite and 9 Foreign Satellites
On 7th November 2020, ISRO namely Indian Space Research Organisation has launched Earth observation satellite (Short name EOS-01) with other 9 satellites.
- All satellites were sent into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh. the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C49 was used in launching.
- EOS-01 is an advanced earth observation satellite that will be used in observing agriculture, forestry and disaster management planning.
- PSLV has sent its 51st launch and Sriharikota spaceport gets its 77th launch mission.
- Apart from this, ISRO has launched 328 foreign satellites (from 33 nations) into space.
9 satellites:
- 4 satellites – the United States – multi-mission remote sensing
- 4 satellites – Luxembourg – for maritime applications
- 1 satellite – Lithuania – for technology demonstration