RISAT-2BR1

Department of Space

 

WHAT

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its fiftieth flight (PSLV-C48), successfully launched RISAT-2BR1 along with nine commercial satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

 

RISAT-2BR1

• RISAT-2BR1 is a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging earth observation satellite built by ISRO. The satellite will provide services in the field of Agriculture, Forestry and Disaster Management.
• It is part of India’s RISAT series of SAR imaging spacecrafts and fourth satellite in the series.
• The RISAT-2BR1 is follow on to RISAT-2B and has an X-band SAR with unfurlable radial rib reflector antenna of 3.6 meter diameter.
• RISAT-2BR1 can operate in different modes including Very High Resolution imaging modes of 1m x 0.5m resolution and 0.5m x 0.3m resolution with swath of 5 to 10 km.

 

 

ISRO

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the Indian space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bengaluru.
• Its vision is to “harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research & planetary exploration”
• The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) grew and became ISRO in 1969.
• In 1972, the Government of India had set up a Space Commission and the Department of Space (DOS), bringing ISRO under the DOS.

 

Source: PIB

 

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