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EARTH OBSERVATION
Subsystems Of Cartosat-2A, IMS-1 Functioning Satisfactorily

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 Bangalore, India (PTI) May 02, 2008
 The subsystems of Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) are functioning satisfactorily, telemetry data received from the satellites has revealed. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) launched the two satellites along with eight nanosatellites successfully on Monday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

On Tuesday, the multi-spectral camera onboard IMS-1 was switched on and high quality imagery covering Allahabad to Rameswaram was obtained. The Hyper Spectral Imaging (HySI) camera onboard IMS-1 and panchromatic (PAN) camera onboard Cartosat-2A were switched on Wednesday, an ISRO release said.

Imagery from HySI camera covered Uttarakhand to Karnataka passing through Delhi and Bhopal. PAN camera covered strips of land from Saharanpur to Nuh (South of Delhi) and Sangli to Goa coast. Data was received at National Remote Sensingh Agency (NRSA), Shadnagar, Hyderabad. Quality of the imagery received is excellent, the release said.

Source: Press Trust of India

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RADARSAT-2 Commissioned And Ready For Commercial Operation
 Richmond, Canada (SPX) May 02, 2008
 MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has announced that RADARSAT-2 completed its commissioning on April 25, 2008 and fully transitioned into commercial operations to deliver advanced radar images of the Earth. Launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on December 14, 2007, RADARSAT-2 delivered its first sample high-resolution radar images on December 18, 2007.





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