TecSAR (also called Polaris), an Israeli synthetic-aperture radar reconnaissance satellite built by Israel Aerospace Industries, launched commercially on ISRO's PSLV-CA into a low elliptical orbit as Israel's first radar imaging satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 300 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 18 PSLV-CA flights
- Date and time
- 21 January 2008, 03:45 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV-CA
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2008-002
- Launches in 2008
- 2nd of 69
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