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• ISRO plans to place, into orbit, an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-04) on board the PSLV C-52 on February 14.

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• About: EOS-04 is a 1,170 kgs radar-imaging satellite that will be placed in a sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km.
• Mandate: It is designed to provide high-quality images under all weather conditions for applications such as agriculture, forestry & plantations, soil moisture and hydrology, and flood mapping.
• Further details: The mission will also carry two small satellites as co-passengers — a student satellite, INSPIREsat-1, and a technology demonstrator satellite, INS-2TD.

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