ISRO on Friday made its way into history books yet again with the successful launch of the country's first-ever imaging satellite in geo-orbit, placing the over 2,300 kg payload into a precise orbit using a GSLV rocket.
Friday's launch marked the space agency's maiden success of 2026.
The EOS-05 satellite was successfully placed in the intended sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit, about 18 minutes after it lifted off from the spaceport here, ISRO announced.
While several Earth observation satellites operate in low Earth orbit (LEO), the EOS-5 satellite is set to hover at roughly 36,000 km above Earth, the geosynchronous orbit, where it will match Earth's rotational speed.
At over 2,300 kg, it is the heaviest satellite ever carried by a GSLV, and it was perfectly on track.
