“There are some who question the relevance of space

activities
in developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of
purpose.
We don’t have the fantasy of competing with the
economically
Developed nations in the exploration of moon or planets
or
manned flight.
But we are convinced that if we are able
to ----- Dr Vikram A. Sarabhai, Father of India’s space program
play a meaningful role nationally & in the community of
nations
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ROHINI

The Rohini Sounding Rocket program to develop indigenously

developed and fabricated sounding rockets launched the first
single-stag e Rohini rocket in 1967, followed by a two-stage
Rohini rocket (100 kg payload to over 320 Km altitude).
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Sriharikota
In 1969 Sriharikota was chosen as Rocket Launch Station (SHAR
RLS) for launching satellite launch vehicles and large rockets to
leverage from earths rotational velocity from west to east. On 15
August 1969 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was
created under Department of Atomic Agency ( DEA ) to
conduct space research and application.
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The 1st Indian cosmonaut Rakesh

Sharma the 138th man into space,
spent eight days in space aboard
Salyut 7. Launched aboard Soyuz T-
11 on 02 April 1984. During the flight,
Sharma conducted multi-spectral
photography of northern India in
anticipation of the construction of
hydroelectric power stations in the
Himalayas.

Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma

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In recent years, India has concentrated much of its space

development work on complex applications satellites and
more powerful rockets. The nation's two main interests are
satellites for remote sensing and communications -- used
For weather pictures, disaster warnings and feeds to 552
television and 164 radio stations on the ground.
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1. APPLE
2. Aryabhata
3. Rohini
4. SROSS
5. IRS
6. INSAT
7. GSAT
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Geo-synchronous satellites:

One of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

Was launched on April 18, 2001 placed 1.5 ton experimental
Satellite GSAT-1 into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles
Above earth.

GSAT is a communication satellite with digital

Audio, data & video broadcasting using 2 S-band, one High
power C-band & two indigenous C-band transponders.
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GSAT-2 is a 2000 kg
class experimental
communication satellite
onboard, the second
developmental test flight of
India's, GSLV-D2. It
carries 4 C-band
transponders, two Ku -
band transponders & a
Mobile Satellite Service
(MSS) payload operating in
S-band and C-band for
forward link and return link
respectively.
GSAT-2
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( Technology Experiment Satellite )

India's Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) was launched on

a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C3) from Sriharikota on
October 22, 2001.
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The first experimental launch of a Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV)

rocket took place on August 10, 1979. Eleven months later, on
July 18, 1980, India launched its first satellite, Rohini-1, to orbit
on an SLV from the Sriharikota Island launch site. Since then,
India has invested a great deal of development work in more
powerful rockets.
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The first developmental launch of a larger Augmented

Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) rocket took place on
March 24, 1987. Although an ASLV could lift a 300-lb.
satellite to an orbit 250 miles above Earth, it was
unsuccessful in its first try. The2ND ASLV in July 1988
also failed. But, the 3rd & 4th attempts were successful.
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV) debuted in September
1993 failed to attain orbit. But
its individual elements were
successful. PSLV could lift a
One - ton satellite to a Sun-
synchronous polar orbit.

PSLV - C4
(METSAT MISSION)
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IRS-P6
PSLV - C5 In
(A flight profile) PSLV-C5 ENVELOPE
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PSLV-C2
With a lift of weight of 294 tone, the 44.4m tall
PSLV is a four stage vehicle employing solid
propellant stages in the first and third stages
and liquid propellant stages in the second &
4TH stages. It also employs 6 solid propellant
strap-on motors for the first stage.
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A 3 stage vehicle; 1st stage is a

129 tonne solid propellant core
motor with 4 liquid propellant
strap-ons with 40 tonne
propellant each, 2nd stage is a
liquid propulsion system with
37.5 tonne propellant and a
cryogenic upper stage with 12
tonne liquid oxygen & liquid
Hydrogen. 
(GSLV-D2)
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( GSLV-D1)
The first attempt to launch a larger GSLV rocket on March 28,
2001, failed on the pad when four strap-on boosters failed to reach
the required thrust. Next GSLV was launched on April 18, 2001,
from the Sriharikota Island launch site in the southern state of
Andhra Pradesh. It successfully placed a 1.5-ton experimental
satellite called GSAT-1 into geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles
above Earth.
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Remote Sensing Applcations in:-

• Integrated mission for sustainable development. (IMSD).

• Natural Resources Information System ( NRIS).
•Crop Acreage & Production Estimation (CAPE).
• Rajib Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
• Ago-climatic Planning & Information Bank (APIB).
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Krishna delta

Krishna delta’s features such as beach sands shoals ,

mudflats, water logged areas etc are clearly Seen in
image. The 3 tributaries of the Krishna River, the
drainage pattern and river course changes could also
be noted.
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Bhavnagar

Image shows part of Bhavnagar, large rectangular

features are salt pans with inlet water (brine water)
and salt encrustations. Towards the top right is the
Bhavnagar Creek which is the source of salt water
from the sea to the salt pans. The linear feature in
the bottom right is the railway line and part of the
built up areas of Bhavnagar city
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Jaipur Delhi
Sensor : IRS1D LISS III Sensor : IRS1C PAN
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RRSSCs are actively involved in a number of remote sensing applications

projects catering to National, Regional, State, District and Locale specific
needs.  With the kind of  infrastructure available at the regional centers
it is possible to cater to varieties of user requirements.  Each centre is
specialized & well tuned to provide solutions to region-specific problems
using remote sensing techniques

Various works performed by RRSSCs are as follows:-

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map production
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