ISRO successfully places remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A in orbit. A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -- PSLV-C36 -carrying 1.2-tonne Resourcesat-2A lifted off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, situated around 100km from Chennai, at 10.25am.  ISRO used an XL version of the rocket in PSLV's 38th flight. 

Around eighteen minutes after lifting off from Sriharikota, PSLV-C36 placed the satellite in an 818km Polar Sun Synchonrous Orbit.Resourcesat-2A is intended for resource monitoring.It is a follow on of Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2 which were launched in 2003 and 2012 respectively.

Similiar to Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2 , this also has 3 payloads.They are high resolution Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-4) camera operating in three spectral bands in the visible and near infrared region (VNIR) with a 5.8m spatial resolution.

The satellite has two solid state recorders with a capacity of 200 gigabits each to store the images taken by its cameras, which the ground stations can later access.