ISRO scientists meet PM; present first imageries of Cartosat-1

ISRO scientists meet PM; present first imageries of Cartosat-1

BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair and a team of senior scientists have presented the first imageries from the recently launched CARTOSAT-1 satellite to the Prime Minister today.

 
Nair made a presentation to the PM on the PSLV C6/ CARTOSAT-1/ HAMSAT mission operations, performance of launch vehicle PSLV, Cartosat-1 and Hamsat. PM was shown the first pictures received from the satellite over Punjab and Gujarat, with 2.5 metre resolution stereoscopic camera and the digital terrain model processed from the satellite pictures over Gujarat.

Prime Minister while evincing keen interest in the details depicted in the imagery, congratulated ISRO scientists for their outstanding achievement.