9 Printed in India The Indian remote sensing satellite: a programme overview R R NAVALGUND and K KASTURIRANGAN* Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad 380053, India *ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore 560058, India Abstract The Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) programme, is a major step forward in the
3 Electro Optical Remote Sensing Sensors Presently, India is having the world’s largest constellation of Electro Optical (EO) remote sensing satellites in oper-ation (Fig 1) It provides space-based remote sensing data in a variety of spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions, meeting the needs of many applications of relevance to
4 1 2 1 Indian Remote Sensing Programme Starting with IRS-1A in 1988, ISRO has launched many operational remote sensing satellites Today, India has one of the largest constellations of remote sensing satellites in operation Currently, 13 operational satellites are in Sun-synchronous orbit viz
monitoring India also has its own launch vehicles — Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Indian space products — transponders, remote sensing data etc have already become a part of global network The United States has a long history in space and has achieved many successes Many a
innovative ways Today it is estimated that there are more than 4,800 satellites in operation, owned by over 60 countries Aparna: We hear about communication satellites, remote sensing satellites and many others How do they differ from each other? Ghosh: Satellites can be of many types and they are used for diverse purposes such as long-distance
Since the launch of a small sounding rocket in November 1963, India has come a *IRS is Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - Space India many, India has
Indian Remote Sensing Satellites -Current Future Current IRS Satellite Missions Competitors do not downlink their stereo data to any ground stations
(iii) the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) programme for observation of earth (Cartosat 1) 5 May 2005 In Service First Indian Satellite (IRS P5) designed
The satellites are equipped with in-track stereo mapping capability; India's highest resolution imaging However, as the Cartosat-2 sensor can swing in any