Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Successfully Launches India's First Geosynchronous Imaging Satellite EOS-05

Key facts

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the GSLV-F17 rocket carrying the EOS-05 Earth observation satellite.
• The launch was conducted from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 2:55 am.
• EOS-05 is India's first imaging satellite to operate from a geosynchronous orbit about 36,000 km above Earth.
• The GSLV-F17 placed EOS-05 into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit 18 minutes after liftoff.
• EOS-05, weighing 2367 kg, is the heaviest satellite launched by GSLV to date.
• The satellite is designed to provide real-time imagery for applications in agriculture, environment monitoring, and disaster management.
• This mission was the 19th flight of the GSLV and the 107th launch from the spaceport.