Indian Remote Sensing
Indian program to develop an indigenous capability to image Earth, particulary
India. Mission: ground water exploration, land use, forest and flood mapping,
inventory of surface water.
"Antrix" markets the images
The IRS series of satellites included the original IRS-1 series
launched mostly on Russian rockets, and the IRS-P series launched
on Indian rockets.
Satellite Launch vehicle Date
IRS-1A Vostok 8A92M 1988 Mar 17
IRS-1B Vostok 8A92M 1991 Aug 29
IRS-1C Molniya-M 1995 Dec 28
IRS-1D PSLV-C1 1997 Sep 29
IRS-P1 (IRS-1E) PSLV-D1 1993 Sep 20 (failed)
IRS-P2 PSLV-D2 1994 Oct 15
IRS-P3 PSLV-D3 1996 Mar 21
IRS-P4 Oceansat PSLV-C2 1999 May 26
IRS-P5 Cartosat PSLV 2005 May 05
IRS-P6 Resourcesat PSLV-C5 2003 Oct 17
Ref: #7(JSR512), #15 - update: 7.10.05