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Resourcesat-1

Names	IRS-P6 ResourceSat-1
Mission type	Earth observation
Operator	ISRO
COSPAR ID	2003-046A
SATCAT no.	28051
Website	https://www.isro.gov.in/
Mission duration	5 years (planned) 21 years, 2 months and 15 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	IRS-P6
Bus	IRS-1A
Manufacturer	Indian Space Research Organisation
Launch mass	1,360 kg (3,000 lb)
Power	1250 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	17 October 2003, 04:54:00 UTC
Rocket	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C5
Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP)
Contractor	Indian Space Research Organisation
Entered service	January 2004
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude	813 km
Apogee altitude	836 km
Inclination	98.8°
Period	101.4 minutes
Instruments LISS-4: 5.8 metre multispectral Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 LISS-3: 23.5 metre multispectral Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 AWiFS: 56 metre multispectral Advanced Wide Field Sensor
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Resourcesat-1 (also known as IRS-P6) is an advanced remote sensing satellite built by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The tenth satellite of ISRO in IRS series, Resourcesat-1 is intended to not only continue the remote sensing data services provided by IRS-1C and IRS-1D, both of which have far outlived their designed mission lives, but also vastly enhance the data quality.

Launch

The 1360 kg Resourcesat-1 was launched into an 817 km high polar Sun-synchronous orbit by the eighth flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C5).

Instruments

Resourcesat-1 carries three cameras similar to those of IRS-1C and IRS-1D but with vastly improved spatial resolutions - a high resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4) operating in three spectral bands in the Visible and Near Infrared Region (VNIR) with 5.8 metre spatial resolution and steerable up to 26° across track to obtain stereoscopic imagery and achieve five-day revisit capability; a medium resolution Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3) operating in three spectral bands in VNIR and one in Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) band with 23.5 metre spatial resolution; and an Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) operating in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR with 56 metre spatial resolution.

Resourcesat-1 also carries a solid state recorder with a capacity of 120 Gigabits to store the images taken by its cameras which can be read out later to the ground stations.

See also

• List of Indian satellites
• Resourcesat-2

References

1. https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/irs-p6-resourcesat-1 - 14 May 2020
2. "Overview of the Resourcesat-1 (IRS-P6)" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. p. 27. Retrieved 20 March 2013. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. "IRS-P6 Resourcesat-1". European Space Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
4. ^ NASA. "Sensor Compare" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Encyclopedia Astronautica : IRS". astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

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