Imaging success
indian satellites are fast approaching the top notch position in the satellite images sector. India's five remote sensing satellites ( irs series) in orbit have become major suppliers of earth-imaging data for world-wide users. With 10 more satellite launches slated in the near future, the country is set to become a leader in the satellite market.
Tina Cary, a senior official of Eosat, a satellite data marketing company, described the irs series as the "jewel in India's crown' and said that the company looks at it as a crucial addition to the Lansat (the us earth-imaging satellite) imagery. According to the us magazine, Aviation Week and Space Technology , the satellite pictures of the earth taken from irs satellites are becoming a basic resource for us and European customers. The irs-1c, launched last year, has made the highest resolution mapping capability commercially available. The notable fact was that India has achieved commendable success in the design of its earth-resources and communication satellites with a modest annual budget of us $300-350 million.
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