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Satellite Programme:
Satellite for Cartography
Programme details
Programme description
Series of operational satellites for high-resolution land observation.
Indian programme: ISRO responsible of development and operations.
The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design life time is 5 years.
The satellites exploit sunsynchronous orbits around 9:30.
The replacement policy is based on launching satellites in sequence, roughly 6 months before the expected end-of-life of a satellite.
See detailed description at http://www.isro.org/satellites/earthobservationsatellites.aspx .
Data circulation
Selected images are stored onboard and downlinked to stations of the ISRO network.
Real-time downlink to a network of appointed acquisition stations in X-band.
All data concentrated to the National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) in Hyderabad for processing and distribution.
Agencies
ISRO
Programme lifetime
2005 - 2024
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Satellite for Cartography
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .