1 applications
1.1 telecommunication
1.2 resource management
1.3 military
1.4 academic
1.5 telemedicine
1.6 biodiversity information system
1.7 cartography
applications
telecommunication
india uses satellites communication network – 1 of largest in world – applications such land management, water resources management, natural disaster forecasting, radio networking, weather forecasting, meteorological imaging , computer communication. business, administrative services, , schemes such national informatics centre (nicnet) direct beneficiaries of applied satellite technology. dinshaw mistry, on subject of practical applications of indian space program, writes:
insat-2 satellites provide telephone links remote areas; data transmission organisations such national stock exchange; mobile satellite service communications private operators, railways, , road transport; , broadcast satellite services, used india s state-owned television agency commercial television channels. india s edusat (educational satellite), launched aboard gslv in 2004, intended adult literacy , distance learning applications in rural areas. augmented , replace such capabilities provided insat-3b.
resource management
the irs satellites have found applications indian natural resource management program, regional remote sensing service centres in 5 indian cities, , remote sensing application centres in twenty indian states use irs images economic development applications. these include environmental monitoring, analysing soil erosion , impact of soil conservation measures, forestry management, determining land cover wildlife sanctuaries, delineating groundwater potential zones, flood inundation mapping, drought monitoring, estimating crop acreage , deriving agricultural production estimates, fisheries monitoring, mining , geological applications such surveying metal , mineral deposits, , urban planning.
military
india s satellites , satellite launch vehicles have had military spin-offs. while india s 93–124-mile (150–250 km) range prithvi missile not derived indian space programme, intermediate range agni missile drawn indian space programme s slv-3. in years, when headed vikram sarabhai , satish dhawan, isro opposed military applications dual-use projects such slv-3. eventually, however, defence research , development organisation (drdo) based missile programme borrowed human resources , technology isro. missile scientist a.p.j. abdul kalam (elected president of india in 2002), had headed slv-3 project @ isro, moved drdo direct india s missile programme. dozen scientists accompanied kalam isro drdo, designed agni missile using slv-3 s solid fuel first stage , liquid-fuel (prithvi-missile-derived) second stage. irs , insat satellites intended , used civilian-economic applications, offered military spin-offs. in 1996 new delhi s ministry of defence temporarily blocked use of irs-1c india s environmental , agricultural ministries monitor ballistic missiles near india s borders. in 1997 indian air force s airpower doctrine aspired use space assets surveillance , battle management.
academic
institutions indira gandhi national open university (ignou) , indian institutes of technology use satellites scholarly applications. between 1975 , 1976, india conducted largest sociological programme using space technology, reaching 2400 villages through video programming in local languages aimed @ educational development via ats-6 technology developed nasa. experiment—named satellite instructional television experiment (site)—conducted large scale video broadcasts resulting in significant improvement in rural education. education reach far remote rural places of above programs.
telemedicine
isro has applied technology telemedicine, directly connecting patients in rural areas medical professionals in urban locations via satellites. since high-quality healthcare not universally available in of remote areas of india, patients in remote areas diagnosed , analyzed doctors in urban centers in real time via video conferencing. patient advised medicine , treatment. patient treated staff @ 1 of super-specialty hospitals under instructions doctor. mobile telemedicine vans deployed visit locations in far-flung areas , provide diagnosis , support patients.
biodiversity information system
isro has helped implement india s biodiversity information system, completed in october 2002. nirupa sen details program: based on intensive field sampling , mapping using satellite remote sensing , geospatial modeling tools, maps have been made of vegetation cover on 1: 250,000 scale. has been put in web-enabled database links gene-level information of plant species spatial information in biospec database of ecological hot spot regions, namely northeastern india, western ghats, western himalayas , andaman , nicobar islands. has been made possible collaboration between department of biotechnology , isro.
cartography
the indian irs-p5 (cartosat-1) equipped high-resolution panchromatic equipment enable cartographic purposes. irs-p5 (cartosat-1) followed more advanced model named irs-p6 developed agricultural applications. cartosat-2 project, equipped single panchromatic camera supported scene-specific on-spot images, succeeded cartosat-1 project.
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