The 20-min. naval prototype (NP-1) test sortie took place over Bengaluru and was flown by Air Commodore T.A. Maolankar and co-pilot Wing Commander Maltesh Prabhu.

NEW DELHI — India launched into orbit its first indigenous reconnaissance satellite Risat-1 on April 26, thereby joining a select group of nations that have access to microwave radar imaging from orbit. The 1,858-kg (4,100-lb.) satellite was put into a polar circular orbit at an altitude of 480 km (300 mi.) and an orbital inclination of 97.552 deg. early in the day by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C19 (PSLV-C19) from Sriharikota spaceport in south India.

NEW DELHI — Barely a week after India tested its long-range Agni-V missile, neighbor Pakistan successfully test-fired the Hatf-IV Shaheen-1A intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile. According to Pakistan’s military, the Hatf-IV Shaheen-1A — the most powerful missile in the country’s weapon stock — is capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads.