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	Satellite Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Indian Remote Sensing satellite system is India's first domestic dedicated earth resources satellite program and an element of the National Natural Resource Management System.
		The satellite's perigee/apogee was 802km/848km and inclination was 98.8°
		Of the 12 remote sensing satellites sent up by ISRO till date, Resourcesat-1 is the most sophisticated as well as the heaviest.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /SPACE/space-satellite4.html (1701 words)

	New Indian satellite could provide military surveillance - 23 October 2001 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The launch on Monday of an Indian remote sensing satellite with a ground resolution of one metre marks a significant acceleration in the Indian remote sensing programme and is being billed as its first military satellite by analysts.
		ISRO had planned a remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-I with a resolution of 2.5 metres for launch in 2002 to 2003, to be followed later, by CARTOSAT-II with a resolution of one metre.
		A report of an Indian official enquiry that probed security lapses in Kargil pointed out, among other issues, the failure of Indian remote sensing satellites to detect the infiltrators, or the camps they had set up.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn1463 (495 words)

	PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
		The data from IRS satellites is used for soil mapping, grassland mapping, forest survey, land use/land cover mapping, locating underground water resources, estimation of snow cover and snow melt/run-off, monitoring water level in reservoirs, environment monitoring, etc. The data has been extensively used for flood mapping and identifying flood-risk zones and for forecasting drought conditions.
		Satellite remote sensing is now used for identifying potential fish zones helping the fishermen in the coastal areas to increase the catch.
		Satellite images have been used to study the earthquake in Maharashtra during September 1993, Satellite data shows three major lineaments intersecting just south of the Latur-Killari village and this trijunction of lineaments appear to coincide with the epicentre of the earthquake.
	www.fas.org /spp/guide/india/bspace.htm (2369 words)

	The Indian Remote-sensing Satellite P3
		The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-P3 was launched with the third test launch of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV at March 21st 1996.
		The launcher and the satellite bus was provided by the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO, a part of the payload has been provided by German Aerospace Research Establishment DLR in the frames of the Indian-German Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation.
		Since the primary objective of the satellite was to carry out remote sensing, the time for stellar mode observation was limited to 2 months in a year.
	heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/heasarc/missions/irs-p3.html (613 words)

	PSLV-C2 mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The vibrated stack was tested for separation of satellites, and also for the measurement of spacecraft separation velocities and shock levels at the spacecraft interface and on the vehicle equipment bay.
		Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4 is the eighth in the series and the first one dedicated for ocean studies.
		After launch, the satellite has been under the control of ISRO telemetry, tracking and command network (ISTRAC) at Bangalore and the payload data is being received at the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad.
	www.ias.ac.in /currsci/oct25/articles18.htm (2435 words)

	IRS P5 (CartoSat 1)
		CARTOSAT-1 or IRS P5 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) is a state-of-the-art remote sensing satellite built by ISRO which is mainly intended for cartographic applications.
		The cameras are mounted on the satellite in such a way that near simultaneous imaging of the same area from two different angles is possible.
		This is followed by a thorough checkout of the satellite, switching on the cameras and fine tuning of the orbit.
	www.skyrocket.de /space/doc_sdat/irs-p5.htm (289 words)

	Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Cartosat-1: Technical features and data products
		In the area of Satellite based remote sensing in the past, the first generation satellite IRS-1A and 1B were designed, developed and launched successfully during 1988 and 1991 with multi-spectral cameras with spatial resolution of 72.5 m and 36 m.
		These satellites have become the principal components in the National Natural Resource Management System and the data was used in various applications, viz., agriculture and soil, land form and land use studies, water resource, forestry, drought and flood monitoring, cartography, town planning and coastal zone monitoring.
		Basically, Indian Space Programme in the Remote Sensing area plans for improved mission in the area of (a) Cartographic and Mapping Applications (b) Land and Agricultural applications (3) Oceanographic applications, (4) Atmospheric Applications and (5) Climatic applications.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /technology/rs/techrs023pf.htm (2782 words)

	The Indian Remote Sensing Satellites
		Data from IRS satellites are received and processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, in Hyderabad.
		SI-EOSAT has a contract to commercially distribute the data generated by the current IRS satellites as well as the other remote sensing satellites to be launched by ISRO during the 10-year period ending 2005.
		With the satellites designed and built by India in the INSAT and IRS series, the country has started to reap the benefits of space technology for developmental applications, specifically in the areas of communication, broadcasting, meteorology, disaster management and the survey and management of resources.
	www.itc.nl /~bakker/earsel/9806b.html (2811 words)

	Press Information Bureau
		Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS) system, now comprising five satellites IRS-1B, IRS-1C, IRS-1D, IRS-P3 and OCEANSAT, forms the largest constellation of remote sensing satellites in the world offering a variety of data in different spectral bands and various spatial resolutions.
		Satellite based enrichment programmes for school children are produced by the State Institutes of Educational Technology (Marathi at Pune, Gujarati at Ahmedabad, Oriya at Bhubaneshwar and Telugu at Hyderabad) which arerelayed by all transmitters in the respective States.
		Multi-data satellite data of 1970, 1986 and 1998 were used to delineate and identify land use/cover classes.
	pib.myiris.com /facts/article.php3?fl=D3505 (2758 words)

	INDOlink - Editorial Analysis - Indian space programme forges ahead! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On May 8, 2003 India’s Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV, weighing 414 tonnes and measuring 49 metres in length, was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
		This is the tenth in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series and it carries three cameras.
		This satellite will be capable of taking pictures both during night and day as well as in cloudy conditions.
	www.indolink.com /Analysis/a011504-050423.php (795 words)

	PSLV SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES THREE SATELLITES
		The three satellites were placed in a near circular polar sunsynchronous orbit at an altitude of 727 km.
		Besides, it is now offered for launching satellites of other agencies either as auxiliary payloads or as main payloads depending upon the payload weight and capacity of the vehicle.
		Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT), is the first satellite primarily built for ocean applications.
	www.indianembassy.org /new/PSLV_May_26_1999.htm (1576 words)

	Indian satellite can predict quakes globally
		The Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) has shown the potential for mapping the stress field of the earth's crust that will help to predict areas where powerful earthquakes are most likely, a leading geologist has said.
		"We have shown how remote sensing data can be used in the estimation of stress that will be very useful in evaluating the most seismic vulnerable zone across the globe," Professor Ramesh Singh of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur said.
		Future satellite study of lineaments throughout the world may yield further data on stress field orientation and add to the existing World Stress Map, Singh said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2006/feb/09irs.htm (307 words)

	India News Online
		The data from these satellites have been put to several applications - agriculture, crop acreage and yield estimation, ground water targeting, forest survey, wasteland mapping for possible reclamation, snow-melt run-off estimates, irrigation, command area management, mineral prospecting, identification of potential fishing zones, urban planning, environment monitoring - to mention a few.
		The unique capabilities of remote sensing satellites have enabled us to initiate an Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development under which we generate locale-specific plans for land and water resources development.
		But it was the development of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV, which had its maiden operational flight in September, 1997 when it successfully orbited the 1,200 kg IRS-1D, that indeed heralded the technological self-reliance of India in a critical area.
	www.indianembassy.org /inews/January99/feature.htm (977 words)

	Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C, Completes Ten Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Indian Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1C, which was launched on December 28, 1995, has completed ten years of operation.
		This satellite was launched into a polar sun-synchronous orbit of 817 km by the Russian Molniya Launch Vehicle.
		IRS-1C data provided a great fillip to remote sensing applications in India like crop acreage and yield estimation, forest resources survey, urban mapping, flood mapping, wasteland mapping and drought monitoring and assessment.
	www.isro.gov.in /pressrelease/Dec30_2005a.htm (247 words)

	India Launches Multiple Satellites 05/28/99 Newsbytes News Network - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists have confirmed that the three satellites have been successfully placed in their 720 kilometer polar synchronous orbit.
		The PSLV-C2 triple satellite launch has demonstrated the country's technological capabilities for launching small and medium satellites and signaled that ISRO was ready to talk business.
		ISRO spent INR 48 crore in building its remote sensing satellite and is believed to have charged around $1 million for launching the two foreign satellites.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1999_May_28/ai_54764500 (622 words)

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		But from a layperson's point of view, the last two remote-sensing satellites deployed from SHAR in 1994 and 1996 were also operational spacecraft in the sense that they beamed down remote-sensing imageries, which are being put to use.
		The P2 and P3 (satellites launched by the PSLVs in 1994 and 1996) belong to the experimental class, whereas IRS-1A, 1B, 1C and 1D belong to the operational class.
		The IRS satellites are already being used to locate plankton and schools of fish in the sea.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1421/14210540.htm (1304 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| India successfully launches remote sensing satellite
		A new Earth-observing satellite rocketed into space today for India, giving the nation a new eye in the sky to monitor civilian activities and their impact on the environment.
		Liftoff of the eighth PSLV rocket with the IRS-P6 satellite occurred at 0452 GMT (12:52 a.m.
		Flights of the PSLV with another remote sensing satellite and of the larger Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle with a communications bird are expected within the next 12 months.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0310/16pslv (1263 words)

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		The heat-shield, which protects the satellite during the vehicle's ascent through hostile atmosphere, split down its seams and fell away at an altitude of 128 km.
		While the satellite should have reached a circular orbit at a height of 817 km, a leak of helium gas from one of the components in the fourth stage made it an elliptical orbit with an apogee of 817 km and a perigee of 300 km.
		Although the projected life-span of each of Indian remote-sensing satellite is three years, the satellites have lasted six to seven years because of the extra fuel they carry on board.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1421/14210510.htm (1767 words)

	A remote-sensing success
		IT was a glorious day for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) when the eighth flight of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C5) put Resourcesat in its precise orbit of 821 kilometres above the earth on October 17.
		P.S. Goel, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, said "the whole world is looking at this satellite" because of the kind of high-resolution imageries it would generate.
		The satellite was injected into orbit at the predicted velocity, 1,082 seconds (18 minutes) after lift-off as against the targeted 1,084 seconds.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl2022/stories/20031107006812900.htm (1091 words)

	Strategic Affairs - Technology
		THE INDIAN Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B, which was launched on board the Russian Vostok launcher on August 29, 1991, has successfully completed 10 years of operation.
		The 990 kg satellite carries two cameras - Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-1) with a spatial resolution of 72.5 m and a ground swath of 148 km and LISS-IIA and LISS-IIB with a spatial resolution of 36.25 m and a composite ground swath of 146 km.
		The satellite is placed in a polar sun-synchronous orbit at a height of 904 km with an orbital period of 103 minutes.
	www.stratmag.com /issue2Sep-1/page03.htm (1680 words)

	Rediff On The Net, Infotech: Wednesday, May 26, 1999
		The rocket's primary payload is the Indian remote sensing satellite IRS-P4, or Oceansat.
		It is the third remote sensing satellite to be launched by a PSLV rocket.
		The South Korean satellite is a technological satellite primarily to develop capabilities and prove many systems for micro-miniaturisation.
	www.rediff.com /computer/1999/may/21isro.htm (540 words)

	Remote Sensing of the Environment : Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Remote Sensing of the Environment : Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
		This IRS panchromatic satellite image was acquired in October 1997.
		Comparison between it and the image on the left--a close-up view of the same area taken from a 1968 CORONA image--shows the extent of urban expansion that has taken place in the last three decades.
	www.csr.utexas.edu /rs/projects/arch/data_irs.html (146 words)

	domain-B : indian business : organisation : From spinning wheel to spacecraft
		He was one of ISRO's special invitees to witness the successful mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C5) that placed the 1,360kg Resouresat-1 — a remote sensing satellite — in the polar sun synchronous orbit (SSO) on 17 October 2003.
		Unlike the other ISRO launches, this one was slated for the morning to utilise the payload — Resourcesat-1 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-P6) — effectively during its five-year life span.
		The satellite's health is monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at Bangalore with the help of ISTRAC network of stations in Bangalore, Lucknow, Mauritius, Bearslake, Russia and Biak in Indonesia.
	www.domain-b.com /organisation/isro/20031022_spacecraft.html (1499 words)

	Universe Today - India Launches Remote Sensing Satellite
		IRS-P6 is the most advanced remote sensing satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO); it will primarily monitor natural resources, like water, agriculture, and gather land management data.
		The satellite health is being continuously monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at Bangalore with the help of ISTRAC network of stations at Bangalore, Lucknow, Mauritius, Bearslake in Russia and Biak in Indonesia.
		Further operations on the satellite like orbit trimming, checking out the various subsystems and, finally, switching on the cameras will be carried out in the coming days.
	www.universetoday.com /am/publish/india_remote_sensing_satellite.html (1170 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Science Tribune
		The G-Sat-4 experimental communications satellite planned to be launched in 2005 also be means of GSLV will carry an Israeli built telescope to scan the ultraviolet sky and solve some of the riddles surrounding star formation, history of galaxies and physics of the fl holes.
		In the area of satellite based remote sensing India claims to operate the world’s largest constellation of remote sensing satellites.
		Megha Tropiques, a joint Indo French satellite to be launched in 2006 by means of PSLV sands out as a shining example of India’s commitment to international cooperation in space.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040122/science.htm (2050 words)

	eoPortal directory: IRS-P6 (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The overall objectives of the IRS-P6 mission (ResourceSat-1) are to provide continued remote sensing data services on an operational basis for integrated land and water resources management.
		Various attitude sensors, SPS (Satellite Positioning System) and data transmitting antennas are mounted on the outside surfaces of the equipment panels and the bottom deck.
		This description was provided by Herbert J. Kramer from his documentation of: "Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors" - comments and corrections to this article are welcomed by the author.
	directory.eoportal.org /pres_IRSP6IndianRemoteSensingSatellite.html (1828 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > News Releases > Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C, completes ten years
		The Indian Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1C, which was launched on 28 December,1995, has completed ten years of operation.
		The success of IRS-1C paved the way for India to enter into the global remote sensing market and to capture a substantial share for remote sensing data market.
		IRS-1C was followed by an identical satellite IRS-1D, which was launched by India's own Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV, on 29 September, 1997.
	www.indiantelevision.com /release/y2k5/dec/decrel37.htm (251 words)

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