sashikanth
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India is going to launch Israeli spy satellite called Techstar.It weighs around 260kgs.The details are considered as Top secret, and the officials are not releasing much details. The launch will be done by the succesfull indian polar satellite launch vehicle.
MUMBAI: India will launch a foreign satellite with a 'top secret' payload in September.
Although officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation are tight-lipped about the nature of the hush-hush mission, information obtained by TOI from other sources suggests that ISRO's proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will carry an Israeli spy satellite called TechSar, weighing about 260 kg.
The lift-off will be from the space centre at Sriharikota. The launch will mark a crucial milestone in growing Indo-Israeli military ties and there's a likelihood that some of the secret images taken by TechSar will be made available to India.
Developed by the Israeli aircraft industry, it will be Tel Aviv's first satellite with what is known as a synthetic aperture radar (SAR). This will allow the satellite to see objects below which are extremely tiny. SAR is used by moving instruments like satellites over immobile targets and has wide applications in the critical area of remote sensing.
While ISRO officials confirmed the flight to TOI, they, however, maintained it was absolutely classified at this stage. All they would say was that it would be a "dedicated commercial launch for a foreign customer".
MUMBAI: India will launch a foreign satellite with a 'top secret' payload in September.
Although officials at the Indian Space Research Organisation are tight-lipped about the nature of the hush-hush mission, information obtained by TOI from other sources suggests that ISRO's proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will carry an Israeli spy satellite called TechSar, weighing about 260 kg.
The lift-off will be from the space centre at Sriharikota. The launch will mark a crucial milestone in growing Indo-Israeli military ties and there's a likelihood that some of the secret images taken by TechSar will be made available to India.
Developed by the Israeli aircraft industry, it will be Tel Aviv's first satellite with what is known as a synthetic aperture radar (SAR). This will allow the satellite to see objects below which are extremely tiny. SAR is used by moving instruments like satellites over immobile targets and has wide applications in the critical area of remote sensing.
While ISRO officials confirmed the flight to TOI, they, however, maintained it was absolutely classified at this stage. All they would say was that it would be a "dedicated commercial launch for a foreign customer".