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14/12/22 13:38 PM IST

Space Satellites herald Agritech revolution

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  • Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh formally released the data products and services of RISAT-1A satellite for the user community.
RISAT-1A
  • RISAT-1A offer include “Revolutionary Radar Images” which is High-End, Strategic Technology mainly used for Defence, but in this case will be widely utilized for civilian use in Agriculture Sector.
  • RISAT-1A was the first satellite funded by four users’ ministries viz., Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers welfare, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Space.
  • This is first of its kind in the Indian space programme, as the data from this satellite is having significant use in agriculture and disaster management sectors.
VEDAS (Visualisation of Earth observation Data and Archival System)-
  • It is an online geoprocessing platform that uses optical, microwave, thermal, and hyperspectral EO data covering applications particularly meant for academia, research and problem solving.
Source- PIB

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