ISRO launched satellite beats its shelf-life of five years as it finishes a decade in service

An ISRO-launched satellite with an intended mission life of five years has completed a decade of service and is continuing to provide its service. SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtika) is an Indo-French cooperative mission that was launched by ISRO for oceanographic studies

ISRO-launched satellite beats its own shelf-life! completes decade, continues to provide service

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has provided the small satellite bus platform to which the French national space agency CNES payload composed of ARGOS-3 and Altika instruments (altimeter, radiometer, DORIS, LRA) are integrated. SARAL was launched on February 25, 2013, from SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota onboard PSLV-C20. The intended mission life was five years, the Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO noted in a statement on Thursday.