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India to launch Cartosat 1 next month
By agencies
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Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 19:30 IST
BANGALORE:India will launch Cartosat-1, the first satellite of its kind with stereoscopic imaging capability, next month and INSAT-4A by August first week, Indian Space Research Organization Chairman G Madhavan Nair said.
INSAT-4A, country's heaviest communication satellite will be launched from European Arian-5 launch vehicle in French Guyana, in July end or early August, he told reporters here.
Nair also said India plans to launch one or two satellites every year.
In the first week of May, Cartosat-1, with stereoscopic capabilities and resolution of 2.5 meters to map the country, will be launched from PSLV at Sriharikota, he said. The satellite would enable up gradation of survey maps, which were prepared in 1980-85, within a year, Nair said.
By the year end, ISRO will also launch Cartosat-2 (with one meter resolution and swath of 30 km) and HAMSAT for amateur radio, as piggyback rider, on PSLV, he said adding another communication satellite would be launched through GSLV.