All about ISRO’s latest Cartosat-3.
                     All about ISRO’s 
latest Cartosat-3
Cartosat-3
• Cartosat-3 is an advanced Earth observation satellite launched 
by India’s ISRO in November 2019, which will replace the 
Indian Remote Sensing satellites.
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Launch
• The Cartosat-3 was launched on 27 November 2019 on the 
PSLV C47 at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in 
Andhra Pradesh, into a sun-synchronous orbit of 509 
kilometres.
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Specialty
• The Cartosat-3 is the most advanced earth observation 
satellite launched by the ISRO. It has the most advanced 
spatial resolution capability among all the satellites of ISRO.
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Power of ISRO
• ISRO’s growing reputation around the world was seen when 
along with Cartosat-3, ISRO also launched 13 American 
nanosatellites as a part of its space programme.
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In numbers
• The mission life of Cartosat-3 is five years. It has a mass of 
about 1600 kilograms and offers a spatial resolution of upto 25 
centimeters on Earth.
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Milestones
• With the launch of Cartosat-3, ISRO hit a milestone of 
launching over 300 satellites, it was the 74th launch mission 
from Sriharikota and was the 21st flight of PSLV in XL mode.
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Features
• This mission was a huge increase in payload compared to 
previous missions of ISRO, having a panchromatic resolution of 
25 cm, offering a super high quality resolution.
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Uses
• The satellite will be used for large-scale urban planning, rural 
resources, infrastructure development, weather mapping, 
cartography and military strategic purposes.
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ISRO’s peak
• ISRO has now lead India to become a popular space launch 
site for many countries. The organization also has several 
missions in line and has earned an operational revenue of 
about Rs 6200 crores.
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