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ISRO has received a major fillip for its satellite imagery business with Cartosat-2 joining the ranks of India remote sensing satellites.
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ISRO is now aiming to cross Rs. 5000 million in revenue through sale of its satellite images. The major buyers are USA (75%) and the rest in India.
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Per year ISRO can take, now 27,000 images through its 6 remote sensing satellites.
By next year this number will cross 40,000 images per annum.
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For meeting the needs of European customers ISRO has set a center in Norway.
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The 680 Kg weighing Cartosat –2 , SRE –1, Indonesia’s Lapan-Tubsat and Argentina’s nanosat,Pehuensat-1 were all launched together using Indian PSLV –C7.
At present the resolution is 1 meter in the Cartosat –2, which will further be improved for the resolution of 0.5 meter.
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Indian constellation of six remote sensing satellites is the largest anywhere in the world, which can bring images to Indian agencies for less than $ 20 per sq. Kms charged on foreign satellite images.
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ISRO has arrived on the commercial launch business with its launch of Italian satellite Agile in PSLV –C8 and has signed MOU for $ 11 million, with Italian space agency for this.
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ISRO is studying the proposal to send 500 kg satellite to explore Mars, by 2012, if Govt of India shows green signal……………
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Our congratulation for Prof. Madhavan nair and all ISRO S & T staffs for taking India to
