PSLV rocket lifts off with surveillance satellite RISAT-2BR1, 9 foreign satellites
While ISRO says the satellite will be used for agriculture, forestry and disaster management activities, it remains silent on RISAT-2BR1s strategic utility. The Indian space agency officials used to say that they would supply the required images for various agencies which in turn would use the same as per their needs.
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-QL (PSLV-QL) rocket carrying the country's advanced radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1, Photo: Reuters