PM Modi shares images of Gujarat captured by new EOS-06 satellite

December 02, 2022
PM Modi shares images of Gujarat captured by new EOS-06 satellite

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Modi shared satellite images of Gujarat as captured form recently launched EOS-06 satellite on his twitter account today.

With the images he wrote, “Have you come across breathtaking images from the recently launched EOS-06 satellite? Sharing some beautiful images of Gujarat. These advances in the world of space technology will help us to better predict cyclones and promote our coastal economy too.”

This EOS-06 satellite along with Eight Nano-satellites was launched by PSLV-C54. The mission was accomplished from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR on 26th November 2022.

EOS-06 is third generation satellite in the Oceansat series, which provides continued services of Oceansat-2 with enhanced payload capability. The satellite onboard carries four important payloads viz. Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3), Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM), Ku-Band Scatterometer (SCAT-3), ARGOS. The Oceansat-2 which was a launched during Sept-2009 configured to cover global oceans and provide continuity of ocean colour data with global wind vector and characterization of lower atmosphere and ionosphere. The mission resulted in many research collaborations nationally and internationally on various areas global chlorophyll distribution, Kd 490 distribution, ocean color images, oil spillages, wind vector products.

The EOS-06 is envisaged to observe ocean color data, sea surface temperature and wind vector data to use in Oceanography, climatic and meteorological applications. The satellite also supports value added products such as potential fishing zone using chlorophyll, SST and wind speed and land based geophysical parameters.The Primary satellite (EOS-06) has been separated in Orbit-1.

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