The Indian remote sensing satellite - A programme overview
Abstract
The Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) program is examined. The principal elements are (1) to design, develop and deploy a three-axis stabilized polar sun-synchronous satellite carrying state-of-the-art payloads using charge coupled devices for acquiring images of the earth, (2) to establish and routinely operate ground-based systems for spacecraft control, data reception and recording, processing, generation of data products, analysis and archival, and (3) to use IRS data either alone or in conjunction with supplementary and complementary data for applications in selected resources surveys. Different elements of the IRS utilization program and their role in the evolution of a national natural resources management systems are also outlined.
- Publication:
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Indian Academy of Sciences Proceedings: Section C Engineering Sciences
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983InES....6..313N
- Keywords:
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- Earth Observations (From Space);
- Earth Resources;
- Indian Space Program;
- Payloads;
- Remote Sensing;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Agriculture;
- Artificial Satellites;
- Geology;
- Hydrology;
- India;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles