India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, that will aid in infrastructure and urban planning, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan said on Thursday.
The launch was expected by March end or mid-April and the exact date would be finalised at the mission readiness review meeting on February 10, he told reporters here.
The satellite, which would be launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, has a 0.8 metre resolution. This makes it capable to even take pictures of a car on the ground. Radhakrishnan said NASA and European Space Agency want to be part of Chandrayaan-II, the next Indian mission to Moon, by sending their instruments.
You look at all the requirements and what experiments we need to do and what mass is available and what they would require and from Chandrayaan-I, what are all the things that you have to follow up.