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    25 Years of Indian Remote Sensing

    Satellite (IRS) Series


    Vinay K Dadhwal
    Director

    National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO


    Hyderabad, INDIA

    50th Session of Scientific & Technical Subcommittee of COPUOS, 11-22 Feb., 2013, Vienna

    The Beginning
    1962 : Indian National Committee on Space Research (INCOSPAR), at
    PRL, Ahmedabad
    1963 : First Sounding Rocket launch from Thumba (Nov 21, 1963)
    1967 : Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station (ESCES)
    established at Ahmedabad
    1969 : Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) established (15
    August)

    Pre IRS-1A Satellites


    ARYABHATTA, first Indian satellite launched in April 1975
    Ten satellites before IRS-1A (7 for EO; 2 Met)
    5 Procured & 5 SLV / ASLV launch

    SAMIR : 3 band MW Radiometer


    SROSS : Stretched Rohini Series Satellite

    Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) 1A


    First Operational EO Application satellite, built in India, launch USSR
    Carried 4-band multispectral camera (3 nos), 72m & 36m resolution

    Satellite Launch: March 17, 1988


    Baikanur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan

    Since IRS-1A
    Established of operational EO activities for
    EO data acquisition, processing & archival
    Applications & institutionalization
    Public services in resource & disaster management
    PSLV Launch Program to support EO missions
    International partnership, cooperation & global data sets

    Early IRS Multispectral Sensors


    1st Generation : IRS-1A, IRS-1B
    2nd Generation : 3 tier image (WiFS/AWiFS), SWIR band ; IRS-1C/1D, Resourcesat-1/2

    Mission
    Weight (kg)
    Onboard power@
    Payloads, (Solid State
    Push Broom Camera)
    Onboard TapeRecorder

    IRS-1A

    IRS-1B

    IRS-1C

    IRS-1D

    975 kg
    975 kg
    600 Watts

    1250 kg
    1250 kg
    809 Watts/(9.6 sqm )

    LISS-1 (72.5 m)
    LISS-2A , 2B (36.25 m)

    WiFS (189 m)
    LISS-3 (23.6m) & PAN (<6m)

    Launch /
    Mission Completion

    Mar 17,1988/ Aug29,1991/


    Jul 1996
    Dec20,2003

    Launch Vehicle/
    Site
    Orbit # (ht km)
    Inclination
    Repetivity/ (Orbits)

    Vostok,Baikanur,
    Kazakhstan
    904 km
    904 km
    99.08o
    99.08o
    22 days / (307 orbits)

    62 Gb

    62 Gb

    Dec 28, 1995/


    Sep 21, 2007

    27 Sep 1997/
    Jan 2010

    Molniya,Baikanur PSLV C1, SHAR


    , Kazakhstan
    India
    817 km
    740 x 817 km
    98.69o

    # Orbit : Polar Sun Synchronous ; & Local Time : Descending Node

    98.690
    24 days

    ISRO EO SATELLITES
    GEO / MET

    ISRO: 1975-2012
    101 Missions
    (68 Sat/ 33 Launch)

    METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES :
    OCEANOGRAPHIC APPLICATION SATELLITES :
    CARTOGRAPHIC SATELLITES :

    Cartographic Application Satellites


    PAN Camera (5.8m) onboard IRS-1C/1D (1995/
    1997) was forerunner to Cartographic series
    TES (2001) experimental satellites for HR
    images
    Step & stare imaging
    Step and Stare imaging

    IRS-P5/Cartosat-1 (2005) in-track stereo imaging


    Spatial Res 2.5m, Fore & Aft cameras
    Global Acquisition, Indian CARTODEM, many IGS
    Input to creation of Orthoimages for 1:10,000 thematic
    mapping

    Cartosat 2 (2007), 2A (2008), 2B (2010) continue


    panchromatic HR imaging ( < 1m resolution)

    Ocean Satellites & Sensors


    IRS-P3 (Mar 21, 1996)
    Experimental, MOS (DLR), WiFS

    IRS-P4/Oceansat-1 (May 26, 1999)


    Ocean Color Monitor (8#, 360m)
    MSMR Microwave Radiometer

    Oceansat-2 (Sep 23, 2009)


    OCM,
    Scatterometer
    ROSA

    OCM data - GAC


    FUTURE & PLANS
    SARAL : Altimeter (Feb 2013 Launch)
    Oceansat-3 : Improved OCM (with TIR), Scatterometer

    Atmospheric & Meteorological Sensors


    Experimental Sensors
    MICROWAVE RADIOMETER : SAMIR [BHASKAR 1, 1979; BHASKAR 2, 1981],
    MSMR (Oceansat-1, 1999)
    SCATTEROMETER : OSCAT (Oceansat 2, 1999)
    RADIO OCCULTATION : ROSA (Oceansat 2, 1999)

    Operational Meteorology Sensors Geostationary (Since 1981)


    VHRR (2.75/11km VIS/TIR) : INSAT 1A/1B/1C/1D; INSAT 2A/2B/2C
    VHRR (2/8/8km VIS/WV/TIR) : INSAT 3A, KALPANA
    CCD (1km ) : INSAT 2E/3A

    Scientific Missions
    ISRO-CNES : Megha-tropiques (2011)
    MADRAS, SAPHIR, SCARAB

    FUTURE
    INSAT 3D : 6 Channel Imager & 19 Channel Sounder (Launch
    Mid 2013)

    KALPANA

    Data Acquisition, Processing & Archive


    Data Processing

    WFM

    Integrated Multi-mission Ground


    Segment for EO Satellites (IMGEOS)
    established at Shadnagar (NRSC) in
    2011
    Antartica Ground Station for EO
    Satellites (AGEOS) at Larsemann
    Hills, 2013
    Many IGS has acquired IRS Data

    Data Acquisition
    Tracking
    Control

    Skylink

    Pass Schedules
    From ISTRAC

    Cartosat-1 Data Archive

    Indian data archive now exceeds


    1000 TB

    BayNeworks

    B ay Ne work s

    DP Systems

    DPS

    VADS
    DQE
    PQC
    Direct Ingest
    SAN

    Data Archives
    SAN

    Station Control
    Computer

    NDC / UOPS

    Networks

    User

    International Partnerships & Cooperation


    Data exchange & support for disaster management
    Indian EO satellite data reception at International Ground
    Stations (IGS)
    International sensors on Indian EO satellites
    MOS (Germany), ROSA (Italy), AIS (Canada)

    Piggy-back launch on PSLV


    On 11 PSLV missions, 29 foreign satellites from 18 countries

    Joint Missions
    ISRO CNES : Megha-tropiques, SARAL

    Global Data Sets


    Contribute to CEOS Global Virtual Constellation

    Ocean Color Monitor (GAC) : Ocean & Land

    Global Products
    Global data from OSCAT onboard Oceansat-2
    disseminated in near real time
    Data acquisition at SVALBARD, NRT processing at
    Shadnagar (India)

    OCM Global Area Coverage (GAC) for ocean (8-day)


    and land (monthly)
    (W/m2)

    Meghatropiques SCARAB

    SARAL data would be available from ISRO & CNES

    Global Products - OSCAT


    SANDY - 29 October 2012

    Global data from OSCAT onboard Oceansat-2 disseminated in near real time

    EO Near Future Satellites


    SARAL

    Satellite with ARgos & ALtika


    - Joint ISRO-CNES Mission
    Payloads
    Ka-band Altimeter
    (~35.5GHz)
    Dual freq Radiometer
    (23.8/36.8 GHz
    Status
    PSLV Launch : 25 Feb 2013

    INSAT - 3D

    For improved
    understanding of
    weather systems

    GISAT

    Multiple acquisition from


    Geosynchronous Orbit
    Payloads
    High resolution MX (50 m) VNIR (HRMX-VNIR):
    Hyper spectral VNIR & SWIR:
    320m and 192m Res.
    TIR 1.5km (HRMX-TIR)
    Status
    PSLV Launch 2016/17

    Resourcesat-2A
    Land and Water Resources
    Applications Continuity Mission

    Payloads
    19 channel Sounder
    6 Channel Imager

    Payloads
    LISS IV Mx, LISS III & AWiFS

    Status
    Launch by 2013

    Status
    PSLV Launch : 2015/16

    Followed by Oceansat-3 & Hyperspectral, Very High Resolution imaging sensors

    UNO, Vieana

    Cartosat 2-A PAN & P6 LISS-IV

    Thank you

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