Current context: ISRO has successfully launched the latest Earth observation satellite, Cartosat-3 on 27th Nov 19.
a. Robsat-3
b. PSLV-3
c. Cartosat-3
d. Cartbat-3
- The Cartosat-3 satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
- The satellite was carried out by the PSLV C-47 rocket along with 13 customer payloads belonging to a US space technology firm.
- The 13 satellites are launched under a commercial agreement with the New Space India Limited (the commercial arm of the ISRO).
- The Cartosat-3 is the most advanced and complex Earth observation satellite ever built by the ISRO.
- With the successful launch of Cartosat-3, this became the 74th launch mission for the ISRO from Sriharikota.
- Cartosat-3 is the 9th satellite of its class and is the 1st in the series of the third generation payloads.
- It has an operational life of 5 years and has the capacity to generate 2000 MW power, using its solar panels.
Question:
Q.1 The national space agency ISRO has recently launched the 3rd generation Earth observation satellite named?a. Robsat-3
b. PSLV-3
c. Cartosat-3
d. Cartbat-3
