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All ten satellites ‘fit as a fiddle’ MIL/Hindu, Apr 30, 2008. Chennai: April 30, 2008 - The 10 satellites put in orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) on Monday are “fit as a fiddle,” a senior scientist of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday. India created space history when its PSLV-C9 rose from its launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and rifled the satellites into orbit, one after the other in a timed sequence. Of the 10, Cartosat-2A and the Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) are remote-sensing ones built by India and the remaining nano satellites fabricated by universities abroad. While the National Remote-Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad expects to receive the images from IMS-1 within hours, Cartosat-2A may send down pictures in a couple of days. M. Krishnaswamy, Project Director, Cartosat-2A, said from Bangalore: “Both the Indian satellites are doing fine… We are making preparations to switch on the payloads on Cartosat-2A. They will be switched on tomorrow [April 30] morning. We will get good, accurate images in a few days from Cartosat-2A.” The remote-sensing images from Cartosat-2A will be used in making maps to help in planning infrastructure development in urban and rural areas. “We can generate the latest maps with the images from Cartosat-2A. Otherwise, most of the maps available are 100 years old. Many changes have taken place on land in rural and urban areas. We need to have accurate maps of these areas,” Mr. Krishnaswamy explained.
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