The Indian Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1C, which was dispatched on December 28, 1995, has finished ten years of operation. IRS-1C conveyed a special blend of three best in class cameras - a Panchromatic Camera with a spatial determination of 5.8 meter, a Linear Imaging Self Scanner-3 with a determination of 23 meter and a Wide Field Sensor with a determination of 188 meter.

IRS-1C is India's second era operational Remote Sensing Satellite. The satellite conveys Payloads with upgraded abilities like better Spatial determination extra ghastly band, enhanced repeitivity and expand the Remote Sensing capacity of the current IRS-1A and IRS-1B.

IRS-IC Details:

Mission
Operational Remote Sensing

Weight
1250 kg

onboard power
809 Watts (generated by 9.6 sq.metres Solar Panels)

Communication
S-band, X-band

Stabilization
Three axis body stabilized (zero momentum) with
4 Reaction Wheels, Magnetic torquer

RCS
Monopropellant Hydrazine based with sixteen
1 N thrusters & one 11N thrusters

Payload
Three solid state Push Broom Cameras:
PAN (<6 metre solution )LlSS-3(23.6 metre resolution) and WiFS (189 metre resolution)

Onboard tape recorder
Storage Capacity : 62 G bits

Launch date
December 28, 1995

Launch site
Baikanur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan

Launch vehicle
Molniya

Orbit
817 km Polar Sun-synchronous

Inclination
98.69o

Repetivity
24 days

Local time
10.30 a.m

Mission completed on
September 21, 2007


Launch Mass:
1250 kg

Launch Date:
Thursday, December 28, 1995

Power:
809 W
Molniya

Type of Satellite:
Earth Observation

Manufacturer:
ISRO

Owner:
ISRO

Application:
Earth Observation

Orbit Type:
LEO