Investigation of the composition of the upper surface of the earth.[1]
Experimentation regarding the energy of the earth's crust.
To understand the dynamics of the earth surface.
Launch
The satellite was launched on April 20, 2011, by PSLV-C16. It was injected in its target orbit along with X-Sat (Singapore), 40 seconds after injecting Resourcesat-2.[2]
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).