NEW DELHI: India will launch an Israel-made all weather spy satellite on Monday, which is expected to enhance the monitoring of its porous borders, United News of India said on Sunday.
It said the 300-kilogram PSLV C12 remote-sensing model satellite will be launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The satellite was earlier scheduled to be launched in the first week of April, UNI said, quoting Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
The satellite is capable of taking images of the Earth under all weather conditions using radar technology. It can deliver pictures round-the-clock.
UNI said it will fill the need for India’s efforts of monitoring its borders, ‘especially infiltration by terrorist forces, surrounded as it is by a hostile neighborhood.’
The satellite would specially be useful as India seeks to keep a close watch on its maritime shores following last November’s terror attacks in Mumbai.
‘The radar-imaging espionage satellite, made by Israel Aerospace Industries, brings a new level in the growing relationship between India and Israel, especially in defence matters,’ UNI said.
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