Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) has launched the Cartosat-2A

and the Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1). The quality of the images transmitted by their cameras has been quoted as “excellent” by the Indian Space Research Organization. So were the images received by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. This Launch has proved to be a milestone for ISRO.

Eight foreign nano satellites have been accurately placed in the orbit by PSLV-C9. It received some telementry data which showed that the sub-systems functioned normally.

IMS-1, the multispectral camera, has sent in excellent quality image from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. It was switched on Sunday.

The hyperspectral and panchromatic cameras on Cartosat-2A were switched on by Wednesday and showed images of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh to Sangli in Maharashtra to Goa.

IMS-1 transmitted images ranging from Uttarkhand to Karnataka, via New Delhi and Bhopal.