India to launch RISAT-2 on May 22

India will soon have a second radar imaging spy satellite in space orbit with the launch of RISAT-2BR1 on May 22.

India launches Israeli satellite TecSAR
Ministry of Science and Technology [GODL-India], via Wikimedia Commons


The satellite uses a X-band synthetic aperture radar with a resolution of 1 meter.

The first RISAT-2 was successfully deployed on Apr. 20, 2009.

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