India’s defunct surveillance satellite RISAT-2 hits Indian ocean near Jakarta, says ISRO
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India's defunct Radar Imaging Satellite-2 (RISAT-2) re-entered the earth atmosphere on October 30 in an uncontrolled manner and hit the Indian Ocean near Jakarta, said ISRO. The 300 kg RISAT-2, a surveillance satellite, was launched on April 20, 2009, using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The satellite with a design life of four years had initially carried 30 kg of fuel for operations in the space.