India launches key spy satellite

India says it has successfully launched a spy satellite that will be able to track movement on its borders. The Israeli-built Radar Imaging Satellite was launched from the space centre at Sriharikota in southern Andhra Pradesh state. The satellite was carried on the Indian Space Research Organisation's PSLV-C12 rocket. India has an ambitious space programme that last October saw its first unmanned mission to the Moon. More

(Source: BBC News - Apr 20)