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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Indian Remote Sensing Satellites System (IRS)

The Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite system is one of the largest constellations of remote sensing satellites in operation in the world today. The IRS programme commissioned with launch of IRS-1A in 1988 and presently includes Ten satellites that continue to provide imageries in variety of spatial resolutions from better than a metre ranging upto 500 metres.


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Launched on July 12, 2010 by PSLV-C15
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Launched on Sept 23, 2009 by PSLV-C14
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Launched on Apr 20, 2009 by PSLV-C12
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Launched on Apr 28, 2008 by PSLV-C9
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Launched on Apr 28, 2008 by PSLV-C9
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Launched on Jan 10, 2007 by PSLV-C7
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Launched on May 05, 2005 by PSLV-C6
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Launched on Oct 17, 2003 by PSLV-C5
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Launched on Oct 22, 2001 by PSLV-C3
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Launched on May 26, 1999 by PSLV-C2