Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra
India’s ISRO successfully launched the Advanced Earth Observation Satellite-05 aboard the GSLV-F17 and precisely injected it into geosynchronous orbit. EOS-05 is described as India’s first dedicated imaging satellite in geostationary orbit, marking ISRO’s first launch since a failure in January and adding a strategic Earth-observation capability.
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India’s ISRO successfully launched the Advanced Earth Observation Satellite-05 aboard the GSLV-F17 and precisely injected it into geosynchronous orbit. EOS-05 is described as India’s first dedicated imaging satellite in geostationary orbit, marking ISRO’s first launch since a failure in January and adding a strategic Earth-observation capability.
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