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RISAT-2 or Radar Imaging Satellite 2 is an Indian radar reconnaissance satellite that is part of India’s RISAT programme. It was built by the Israel Aerospace Industries and successfully launched aboard a PSLV-CA rocket at 01:15 GMT on April 20 2009 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.RISAT-2’s main sensor is an X-band synthetic aperture radar from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).