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  • GSAT-7A

    • GSAT-7A is an advanced military communications satellite meant exclusively for the Indian Air Force. it is currently being developed in ISRO Satellite Centre.GSAT-7A is similar to Indian navy's GSAT-7 and the Indian Air Force will be the sole operator of the satellite. GSAT-7A will enable IAF to interlink different gro ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Infrared Space Observatory

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    • Infrared Space ObservatoryThe Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS (part of JAXA as of 2003) and NASA. The ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometres. The €480.1-million satellite w ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • International Ultraviolet Explorer

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    • Names Explorer 57 SMEX/IUE IUE Operator NASA / ESA / SERC COSPAR ID 1978-012A SATCAT no. 10637 Website ESA Science and TechnologyNASA IUE Archive Spacecraft properties Payload mass 672 kg (1,482 lb) Start of mission Launch date 17:36:00, January 26, 1978 (1978-01-26T17:36:00) Rocket Delta 2914 End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated September 30, 1996 (1996-09-30) Orbital parameters Reference system geosynchronous orbit Perigee 26,000 km (16,000 mi) Apogee 42,000 km (26,000 mi) Period 24 hrs Main Type Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain reflector Diameter 45 cm (18 in) Focal length f/15 Wavelengths Ultraviolet 115 nm to 320 nm Instruments 115 nm to 198" >International Ultraviolet ExplorerThe International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was an astronomical observatory satellite primarily designed to take ultraviolet spectra. The satellite was a collaborative project between NASA, the UK Science Research Council and the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission was first proposed in early 1964, by a group of ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • International Space Station

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    • International Space StationThe International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest artificial body in orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised modules, extern ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Interbol

    • Interbol (Russian: Интербол) is an international space project under the leadership of the Russian Space Agency and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The list of participants includes the Institute of Atmospheric Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences, NASA, Eur ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Huanjing (satellite)

    • China plans to launch eleven Huanjing (Chinese: 环境) satellites for disaster and environmental monitoring ("huanjing" is Chinese for "environment"). The satellites will be capable of visible, infrared, multi-spectral and synthetic aperture radar imaging. The first two satellites, Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B, ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Indian Remote Sensing

    • Following the successful demonstration flights of Bhaskhar and Bhaskara-2 satellites launched in 1979 and 1981, respectively, India began to develop the indigenous Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite program to support the national economy in the areas of agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology, geolog ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • IMS-1

    • IMS-1 is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite which is the fourteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series has been built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). IMS-1 is the first satellite to use ISRO's Indian Mini Satelli ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • IMAGE

    • An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject—usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it. Images may be two-dimensional, such as a photograph or screen display, or th ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Hubble Space Telescope

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    • Hubble Space TelescopeThe Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. Although not the first space telescope, Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST is na ... Read »Wikipedia
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