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Indian Remote Sensing Satellite System

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite System
  • Today, India has the largest constellation of Remote Sensing Satellites which are providing services both at the national and global levels.
  • From the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Satellites, data is available in a variety of spatial resolutions starting from 360 meters with highest resolution being 5.8 meters.
  • Besides, the state-of-the-artcameras of IRS spacecraft take the pictures of the Earth in sereval spectral bands.
  • The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1A was launched on March 17, 1988.
  • The second Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IB was launched on August 29, 1991.
  • The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite system, comprising IRS-IC, IRS-1D and IRS-P4 besides IRS-P3, is the largest such system in the world today.
  • The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C5 launched in October 2003 putting into orbit the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-P6, also known as RESOURCE Satellite-1.
  • This is the first time when the PSLV placed a satellite of over 1,300 kg in orbit.
  • The Resourcesat is the most sophisticated Remote Sensing satellite of the ISRO.
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