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- ISRO’s RISAT-2 satellite has made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere in the Indian Ocean near Jakarta.
About ISRO’s RISAT-2 satellite
- Background
- RISAT-2 was launched by the PSLV-C12 launch vehicle in 2009.
- The initial designed life of the satellite was four years.
- Functions
- It was a radar-imaging satellite that was India’s first “eye in the sky” to keep surveillance on the country’s borders as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations.
- It possessed day-night as well as all weather monitoring capability.
- Need?
- Risat-2 was built at an accelerated pace following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks due to delay with the indigenously developed C-band for Risat-1 satellite.
Source: TH
