Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Payloads
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Doc No: ISRO-ISAC-TR-1445 Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Payloads- A Glance Space Science and Ground Segment Section IRS & SSS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE January- 2018 ISRO SATELLITE CENTRE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT OF SPACE BANGALORE Doc No: ISRO-ISAC-TR-1445 Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Payloads- A Glance January- 2018 IRS & SSS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE ISRO SATELLITE CENTRE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT OF SPACE BANGALORE Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Restricted Payloads - A Glance Rev.1.1 Preface The goal of the Indian Space Programme is to harness space technology for applications in the areas of communications, broadcasting, meteorology, disaster warning, search and rescue operations, navigation and remote sensing. Operational systems have been realized in all the above areas during the past two decades. Remote sensing is an important part of the Indian Space Programme and the Department of Space (DOS), Government of India, is the nodal agency for the realization of the National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS), the National Resources Information System (NRIS) and the Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD), besides several other national level application projects like Crop Acreage and Production Estimation (CAPE), National Drinking Water Mission and Wasteland Mapping etc in close collaboration with the user agencies. Operational satellites have been indigenously built and launched, which cater to land and ocean applications. The Indian remote sensing programme has come a long way since the first experiment conducted by aerial surveys to monitor coconut wilt disease in early seventies. Noting the immense potential benefits of remote sensing in the areas of resources survey, inventory and management, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has embarked upon the development of this technology in a major way through the use of orbiting satellites. This goal was initiated through the experimental missions, namely, Bhaskara-1 and Bhaskara-2 in the late seventies and early eighties and then graduating to more sophisticated state-of-the-art operational missions of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) series. The aim of this document is to collect information about the launched Indian Remote Sensing payload and spacecraft available till date at various sources and consolidate in a single document. This document provides brief, condensed information of various IRS Missions and payloads. This document will serve the new entrant engineers to understand the evolution of Remote Sensing Programme in India. Information provided in this document is collected from various sources like Project reports, internet sources, Journals and books. The Space Science and Ground Segment section team in PMSG is thankful to Dr. M Annadurai, Director ISAC for his continuous motivation and encouragement. The team thankful to Shri G Nagesh, Programme Director, IRS & SSS Programme for valuable guidance and encouragement. The team acknowledges with thanks the encouragement and support provided by Dr. P Murugan, Group Head, PMSG. The team also acknowledges Shri Ravi Chandra Babu G, Head, ISSD for his valuable guidance. i Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Restricted Payloads - A Glance Rev.1.1 Change History Version No Date Change Information Remarks 1.0 May 2012 Initial Document N/A Updated document with launched spacecraft 1.1 Jan 2018 N/A till Jan-2018 ii Indian Remote Sensing Missions & Restricted Payloads - A Glance Rev.1.1 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 LAND AND WATER RESOURCE OBSERVATION SERIES ............................................................................. 3 1.2 OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATION SERIES .................................................................................. 3 1.3 CARTOGRAPHIC SATELLITE SERIES ............................................................................................................. 5 1.4 MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE SERIES ................................................................................. 5 1.5 SPACE SCIENCE AND PLANETARY SERIES .................................................................................................. 6 1.6 MICRO AND NANO SATELLITE SERIES ....................................................................................................... 7 1.7 UNIVERSITY SATELLITES: ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.8 LIST OF SATELLITES AND PAYLOADS .......................................................................................................... 9 2. EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITES ...................................................................................................... 19 2.1 BHASKARA-1 & 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 19 2.1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 19 2.1.2 Mission Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 19 2.1.3 Orbit Details ......................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1.4 Salient features of Bhaskara-I & II Systems ........................................................................... 20 2.1.5 Payloads ................................................................................................................................................ 21 2.2 ROHINI SATELLITE SERIES AND STRETCHED ROHINI SERIES (SROSS) SATELLITES ..................... 24 2.2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 24 2.2.2 Rohini Satellite Series ...................................................................................................................... 24 2.2.3 Stretched Rohini Satellite series .................................................................................................. 27 3. LAND AND WATER RESOURCE OBSERVATION SERIES ...................................................... 34 3.1 IRS-1A & 1B .............................................................................................................................................. 34 3.1.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 34 3.1.2 Mission Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 34 3.1.3 Orbit Details ......................................................................................................................................... 35 3.1.4 Salient Features of Spacecrafts .................................................................................................... 36 3.1.5 IRS-1A/1B Payloads.......................................................................................................................... 38 3.1.6 Ground Segment ................................................................................................................................. 41 3.2 IRS-1E ......................................................................................................................................................... 42 3.2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 42 3.2.2 Mission Objectives.............................................................................................................................. 42 3.2.3 Orbital Details ..................................................................................................................................... 42 3.3 IRS-P2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 3.3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 43 3.3.2 Mission Objective ............................................................................................................................... 43 3.3.3 Orbit Details ......................................................................................................................................... 43 3.3.4 Salient Features of Spacecraft ...................................................................................................... 43 3.3.5 IRS-P2 Payload ................................................................................................................................... 45 3.4 IRS-1C &1D ............................................................................................................................................... 48 3.4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 48 3.4.2 Mission Objective of IRS-1C and 1D ...........................................................................................