IRS-P3


IRS-P3 was an Earth observation mission launched under the National Natural Resources Management System programme undertaken by Indian Space Research Organisation. The objectives of the mission was processing and interpretation of data generated by its two payloads, the Wide Field Sensor and Modular Opto-electric Sensor, developed by the German Aerospace Center.

History

IRS-P3 was remote sensing satellite launched by ISRO on board of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket for remote sensing of Earth's natural resources. It also hosted a scientific payload, Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment, for the study of X-ray astronomy. The IRS-P3 satellite contained an X-ray astronomy payload, a C-band transponder and two remote sensing payloads. IRS-P3 was one of the satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing Programme of Earth Observation satellites, assembled, launched and maintained by Indian Space Research Organisation. There was no data recording device on board of the IRS-P3 and data was transmitted in real-time to the ground stations in Hyderabad and Neustrelitz.

Payloads

IRS-P3 carried two remote sensing payloads and one X-ray astronomy:
IRS-P3 was launched by the PSLV-D3 launcher on 21 March 1996 from SHAR Centre, Sriharikota, India. Periodic calibration of PSLV tracking radar located at tracking stations.
The mission was completed in January 2006 after serving for 9 years and 10 months. With the consecutive successful launches of the PSLV, it was decided not to plan any more ASLV missions.