Designed For 5 Yrs, ISRO-Launched Satellite Completes Decade And Continues To Provide Service

A satellite for oceanographic studies launched by ISRO with an intended mission life of five years has completed a decade of service and is continuing to do its job. SARAL (Satellite with ARgos and ALtika) is an Indo-French cooperative mission.ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has provided the small satellite bus platform to which French national space agency CNES payload composed of