All-weather Earth Observation Satellite
November 9 , 2020
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- ISRO launched an all-weather Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-01 using PSLV-C49 rocket.
- The launched Earth Observation Satellite is a Radar Imaging Satellite.
- It is the third of the three-spacecraft constellation.
- The other two are RISAT-2B and RISAT-2BR1.
- These two satellites were launched in 2019.
- These three satellites in the constellation are to provide all weather round the clock service with high-resolution images.
- As the satellite uses radar imaging, it is unaffected by clouds, fog or lack of sunlight.
- All the three satellites use X-band radars to monitor urban landscape, forest land and imaging agricultural land.
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