India launched a rocket into outer space on Wednesday, carrying four payloads including a capsule recovery experiment meant for future manned missions.
The Indian Space Research Organisation said the rocket would also put into orbit a 680-kilogramme (1,496 pound) remote sensing satellite named CARTOSAT-2, along with an Indonesian earth observation satellite and another one from Argentina.
The CARTOSAT-2 is the twelfth in the Indian remote sensing satellite series and is the most advanced.
Mission Director N. Narayana Moorthy said data created by the satellite, with a life span of five years, will be used for planning rural and urban development.
"The satellite can spot objects on the ground measuring about a metre," Moorthy said.
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