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Indian Remote Sensing Programme

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Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites, mostly built, launched and maintained by ISRO of India as part of the Indian space program. The IRS series provides remote sensing services and are composed of the 1 (A,B,C,D). The future versions are named based on their area of application including OceanSat, CartoSat, ResourceSat. Some of the satellites have alternate designations based on the launch number and vehicle (P series for PSLV).

IRS Milestones

  • IRS P6 (Resourcesat 1) 17 October 2003
  • IRS P5 (Cartosat 1) May 5, 2005
  • IRS P4 (Oceansat 1) May 27,1999
  • IRS P3 21 March 1996
  • IRS P2 October 15, 1994
  • IRS P1
  • IRS 1E September 20,1993
  • IRS 1D September 29,1997
  • IRS 1C December 28, 1995
  • IRS 1B August 29, 1991
  • IRS 1A March 17 , 1988
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