| Satellites: : Aryabhata | APPLE | INSAT-1
| INSAT-2
| INSAT-3
| Bhaskara
| IRS | Rohini Launcher
: : SLV
| PSLV | ASLV | GSLV
IRS Series : : IRS-1A | IRS-1B | IRS-1C | IRS-1D | IRS-1E | IRS-P1 | IRS-P2 | IRS-P3 | IRS-P4 | IRS-P5 | IRS-P6 | IRS 2A | IRS-2B | IRS-3
IRS-P6 (ResourceSat)
Launch Date : Planned to launch in
2001-2002 by PSLV
Payloads
The IRS-P5 (CARTOSAT-1), initially scheduled
for launch in late 1999 using PSLV-C3, will be
India's first high-resolution earth resources and
imagery intelligence satellite system. With a PAN
camera featuring a ground sample distance of 2.5
meters and Fore-Aft stereo capability, CARTOSAT-1
will provide a significant improvement in ground
resolution, at the expense of multispectral
capability and smaller area coverage, with a
swath width variously reported as either 10 or 30
kilometers. The 2.5 m resolution will cater
cartographers and terrain modelling applications,
providing cadastral level information up to
1:5000 scale for thematic applications, useful
for making 2-5 m contour maps. The follow-on
CARTOSAT-2 planned for launch in 2002 will offer
imagery with resolution of less than one meter,
again with a swath width of 10 kilometers.
It will be the state-of-art satellite, mainly
for agriculture applications and will have 3 band
multispectral LISS-IV camera with a spatial
resolution better than 6 m and a swath of around
25 km with across track steerability for selected
area monitoring. An improved version LISS-III
with 4 bands (red, green, near IR and SWIR ), all
at 23 m resolution and 140 km swath will provide
the much essential continuity to LISS-III.
The sensors on board the satellite will
provide data which is useful for vegetation
related applications and will allow multiple crop
discrimination and species level discrimination.
Together with an advanced Wide Field Sensor
(WiFS), with 80 m resolution and 1400 km swath,
the payloads will greatly aid crop/vegetation and
integrated land and water resources related
applications.
Sources and Resources
- Other source : www.bharatrakshak.com
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