Measurements and Applications
Data used for vegetation type assessment, resource assessment, crop stress detection, crop production forecasting, forestry, land use and land cover change.
Full Name
Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (IRS)
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
Bands 2, 3 & 4: 23.5 m, Band 5: 70.5 m
[Best Resolution: 23.5m]
Swath
141 km
[Max Swath: 141 km]
Waveband
VIS: Band 2: 0.52 - 0.59 µm, Band 3: 0.62 - 0.68 µm, NIR: Band 4: 0.77 - 0.86 µm, SWIR: Band 5: 1.55 - 1.75 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
IRS-1C - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - 1C (1995 - 2007) |
| IRS-1D - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - 1D (1997 - 2010) |