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- The IRS-P3 satellite was launched from Sriharikota, India, using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – PLSV-D3. IRS-P3 was put in a polar, sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 817km with equatorial crossing time of 10:30 A.M in the descending node. IRS - P3 has an X-ray astronomy and two remote sensing payloads, namely Wide Field Sensor (WiFS) and Modular Optoelectronics Scanner (MOS). The mission caters to oceanography applications. IRS - P3 WiFS is similar to IRS - 1C WiFS but for the inclusion of an additional band in the Middle Infra-red (MIR) region. This sensor is primarily meant for vegetation dynamic studies while MOS is meant for ocean related studies. MOS has helped the ocean application scientists in developing necessary algorithms for extracting ocean parameters such as phytoplankton, yellow substance and suspended sediments in ocean waters.
[Summary provided by the Indian Remote Sensing Agency.]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: IRS-P3 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: IRS (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) Short_Name: IRS-P3 Long_Name: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite P3 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: IRS-P3 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: WIFS Short_Name: MOS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 817 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.69 deg Equator_Crossing: 10.30 A.M Period: 101.35 min Repeat_Cycle: 24 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-05 Online_Resource: http://www.isro.gov.in/satellites/irs-p3.aspx Sample_Image: http://www.isro.gov.in/satellites/images/irsp3_img.gif Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1996-03-21 Launch_Site: Sriharikota Island, India Primary_Sponsor: India End_Group End_Group
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