Cartosat-1 or IRS-P5 is a stereoscopic Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit, and the first one of the Cartosat series of satellites. The eleventh satellite of ISRO in IRS series.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV in 1993, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
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Mission Profile
Cartosat-1 was a PSLV mission operated by Indian Space Research Organization that lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on May 5, 2005. The flight carried its payload on a earth science mission to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. The launch was a success.