Contribution of the Indian IRS Program to European Data Requirements Through Euromap

The IRS program includes a series of EO satellites operating in the optical domain at various resolution levels ranging from MR through HR to VHR. Euromap has, in close cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a long-standing tradition in receiving, processing and exclusively distributing data from these systems into Europe. The technical set up of the above mentioned cooperation and the sensor characteristics of commercial IRS systems which are currently being used by various GMES and other European activities will be presented. Experiences derived from past and ongoing project activities will be discussed including an appraisal of the possible future role of upcoming IRS EO satellites for European data requirements.