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1Indian Remote Sensing satellite — Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites, mostly built, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation of India as part of the Indian space program. The IRS series provides remote sensing… …
2European Remote-Sensing Satellite — (ERS) was the European Space Agency s first Earth observing satellite. It was launched on July 17, 1991 into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at a height of 782 ndash;785 km.InstrumentsERS 1 carried an array of earth observation instruments that… …
3Remote sensing (archaeology) — Remote sensing techniques in archaeology are an increasingly important component of the technical and methodological tool set available in archaeological research. Rindfuss,Ronald R and Stern, Paul C. Linking Remote Sensing and Social Science:… …
4Remote sensing — There are two kinds of remote sensing. Passive sensors detect natural energy (radiation) that is emitted or reflected by the object or surrounding area being observed. Reflected sunlight is the most common source of radiation measured by passive… …
5Remote sensing application — A remote sensing application is a software application that processes remote sensing data. Remote sensing applications are similar to graphics software, but they enable generating geographic information from satellite and airborne sensor data.… …
6National Remote Sensing Centre — (NRSC), located at Hyderabad is one of the centres of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), striving to realise the Indian Space Vision, as a key player in Earth Observation Programme and Disaster Management Support programme. NRSC is… …
7Indian Institute of Remote Sensing — The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is the training and education arm of the Indian Department of Space. Located in Dehradun, the institute offers a variety of courses in Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), ranging in… …
8Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing — The Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) is a ground station that receives imagery data from a variety of remote sensing satellites. CSTARS is owned and operated by the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric… …
9Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization — (SPARRSO) is a government controlled astronomy and space research organisation of Bangladesh.Established in 1980 as an autonomous multisectoral R D organization of the Govt. of the People s Republic of Bangladesh,it acts as the centre of… …
10Satellite — This article is about artificial satellites. For natural satellites, also known as moons, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). An animation depicting the orbits of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit …
