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Vehl

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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 05:13 PM
Apr 2012

Ironically India is the world's largest supplier of Remote sensing Data, as it Owns the largest constellation of earth observation satellites.

Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite system was commissioned with the launch of IRS-1A, in 1988. With eleven satellites in operation, IRS is the largest civilian remote sensing satellite constellation in the world providing imageries in a variety of spatial resolutions, spectral bands and swaths. The data is used for several applications covering agriculture, water resources, urban development, mineral prospecting, environment, forestry, drought and flood forecasting, ocean resources and disaster management.
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