OVERVIEW

Apart from the Indian Remote Sensing Satellites, NRSA acquires and distributes data from a number of foreign satellites. During the 1970’s and 80’s, India’s remote sensing data needs were being addressed by foreign satellites like LANDSAT, NOAA, SPOT etc., With the setting up of an Earth Station at Hyderabad in 1979, data reception started from LANDSAT satellite. NRSA continues to acquire or distribute data from foreign satellites to supplement the data requirements of its users. Currently, NRSA is acquiring data from NOAA-17, NOAA-18, TERRA, AQUA and ERS. Apart from acquiring, NRSA also distributes data collected by RADARSAT, IKONOS, QUICKBIRD, ORBIMAGE and ENVISAT.