RISAT-2 satellite makes re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere

Last Updated05/11/2022

ISRO’s RISAT-2 satellite, launched in 2009, has made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
Fell in the Indian Ocean near Jakarta on October 30.

Launched by the PSLV-C12 launch vehicle 13 years ago.
Initial designed life - four years
But worked till 13 years due to:
proper maintenance of orbit
mission planning by the spacecraft operations team in ISRO
economical usage of fuel
On re-entry, no fuel left in the satellite.
Hence there are no contaminations or explosion by fuel is expected.
The Indian System for Safe and Sustainable Space Operations Management (IS4OM) facility in ISTRAC, Bengaluru, had been monitoring the re-entry through its:
in-house developed analysis software
Multi Object Tracking Radar (MOTR)