HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister Dr K Rosaiah today congratulated the ISRO Scientists for successfully placed into orbit India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-15, the remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites, after a perfect lift off from the space-port in Sriharikota.

In a special message to ISRO Chairman Dr. K Radhakrishnan, the Chief Minister said "A perfect launch to the precision. It is a wonderful achievement. The ISRO has made the country proud.  I am sure you and the team of scientists at the ISRO and at Sriharikota worked hard for this wonderful achievement. I am sure ISRO will succeed further in its space exploration journey".

The Chief Minister is happy that the Cartosat-2B carries a panchromatic camera which is capable of imaging a swath (geographical strip of land) of 9.6 km with a resolution of 0.8 metre. The multiple spot scene imagery sent by Cartosat-2B camera would also be useful for village/cadastral level resource assessment and mapping, detailed urban and infrastructure planning and development, transportation system planning, preparation of large-scale cartographic maps, preparation of micro watershed development plans and monitoring of development works of village".

Dr Rosaiah is also happy that a set of four satellites including Studsat built by students of seven engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico (very small) satellite called Oceansat 2 accompanied Cartosat 2 B on its trip to orbit.