INDIAN space scientists in Bangalore recently had an exclusive, live peek at America’s war against terrorism in Afghanistan — and the cable networks had nothing to do with it. Sources told The Indian Express that detailed terrain pictures of Kandahar and Kabul and snapshots of American attacks there were the first images beamed by the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The TES, equipped with powerful cameras, was launched on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on October 22 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.