Indian Remote Sensing satellite

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Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites, mostly built, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation of India as part of the Indian space program. The IRS series provides remote sensing services and are composed of the 1 (A,B,C,D). The future versions are named based on their area of application including OceanSat, CartoSat, ResourceSat. Some of the satellites have alternate designations based on the launch number and vehicle (P series for PSLV).

IRS milestones

• Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) 22 October 2001
• IRS P6 (Resourcesat 1) 17 October 2003
• IRS P5 (Cartosat 1) 5 May 2005
• IRS P4 (Oceansat 1) 27 May 1999
• IRS P3 21 March 1996
• IRS P2 15 October 1994
• IRS P1 (also IE)
  • Crashed, due to launch failure of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, 20 September 1993
• IRS 1D 29 September 1997
• IRS 1C 28 December 1995
• IRS 1B 29 August 1991
• IRS 1A 17 March 1988

Future IRS Launches

• Cartosat 2 (IRS P7): 2006
• Risat: 2007-2008
• Oceansat 2: 2006-2007
• Resourcesat 2
• Twsat