BANGALORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has
developed a new satellite that could take images through the
clouds, enabling space-based application in such scenarios to
manage cyclones, floods and agriculture related activities.
India's current earth-observation satellites are working in
visible and infrared bands, which means they can take pictures
only when its cloud-free. "Often, during cyclones and floods the
entire sky will be clouded. To see through the cloud, the new
Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) will be important. In fact, we
have got a tie-up with Canadian space agency...we are now using
their satellite images to assess floods and other problems,"
ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said. "Once our satellite (RISAT)
is put into orbit, we will be able to use this for all purposes.
And that will also help us in assessing the agriculture during
monsoon season - how much sowing has been done and how much
harvesting," Nair, who is also Secretary of Department of Space
said here. According to IS