Satellite photographs disaster area to aid relief...

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Dec 27 : An Indian satellite Monday took pictures of the tsunami-hit coastal areas in the country that officials said could help in planning and coordinating relief operations.

The Resourcesat-1 satellite of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took the pictures at 10.30 a.m. when it was crossing the subcontinent during its polar orbit on the north-south axis.

The satellite then transmitted the pictures to the National Remote Sensing Agency at Hyderabad, a top ISRO official said.

"The pictures will be sent to the home ministry after processing and analysing the data received from Resourcesat's multi-spectral cameras," the official told IANS.

"The 5.6-metre high resolution pictures identify tsunami-hit areas along the coast of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala."

The pictures will be handed over to the disaster recovery and relief cell in the home ministry for coordinating relief and rescue operations with state governments.

Incidentally, none of ISRO's three remote sensing satellites -- 1C, 1D and Resourcesat -- were over the Indian Ocean Sunday morning when the tsunami hit coastal states off the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

"Since the satellites, rotating on the north-south axis from a fixed point in the polar orbit cross over a specific geographical region only once in 14 days, they were not over the Indian subcontinent at the time when the disaster struck South Asia," the official said.

Luckily, Resourcesat was scheduled to cross the subcontinent Monday morning enabling its hi-tech cameras to take extensive pictures of devastated areas a day after the incident.

Source: newkerala

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solly

what the position satlellite Resourcesat-1

how i can receiver picture live ?

thanks

Digitalsat2

Also known as IRS-P6 data downlink in S-band and X-band and inclination 98.7°

Analoguesat

Its not a geostationary satellite, so you cant get the signals using a fixed dish. Its in a low earth orbit so it sweeps rapidly across the Earths surface.