7 things you wanted to know about PSLV-C 15

1. This is the 17th flight launch of Indian space agency's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C 15 from Sriharikota.
2. "The rocket will put into orbit five satellites – remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B from India, Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland, and a pico (very small) satellite called Studsat built by seven engineering students in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka".
3.This would be the first mission by ISRO after the failure of India's ambitious home-made cryogenic engine powered GSLV-D3 in April last.
4.In this flight, PSLV will place the 694 kg Cartosat-2B and four auxiliary payloads in a 630 km Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).
5.The satellite would help in urban planning and infrastructure development such as laying ring-roads and rerouting of highways.
6. "Cartosat-2B carries a panchromatic camera similar to that of its predecessors - Cartosat-2 and 2A"
7.It is  capable of imaging a swath (geographical strip of land) of 9.6 km with a resolution of 0.8 metre.