ISRO’s EOS-05 satellite has uses in varied areas from security to weather | The Hindu Editorial

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The successful launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) EOS-05 satellite is India’s first earth-imaging satellite bound for a geosynchronous orbit, meaning that it is locked-in to the earth’s rotation and can be tuned to continuously observe the same location. The rocket placed it in a transfer orbit early on Friday; onboard thrusters are expected to raise it to its final perch at some 36,000 kilometres above the earth’s surface over the coming weeks. From there it can track fast-changing events such as floods, cyclones and forest fires, and monitor crops, forests, water bodies and land use. Unlike a conventional camera, its sensors examine how the earth’s surface reflects different wavelengths of light, helping distinguish vegetation, water and other land cover. Because it is perched farther away than conventional low-orbit imaging satellites, its strength is not ultra-fine detail but the ability to return to the same broad areas very frequently. India has long had ey

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