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India’s Most Recent Satellite Begins Beaming Pictures

World knows that India’s most recent advanced remote sensing satellite - Resourcesat-2 has been launched last week and there is a message from ISRO that it has beamed first set of pictures on Thursday. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said that all the three cameras of Resourcesat-2 are ON and very goos and high quality images were established by the National Remote Sensing Centre’s Earth Station, Andhra Pradesh, India. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) launched three satellites – the 1,206 kg Resourcesat-2, the 92 kg Youthsat for stellar and atmospheric studies and a 106 kg mini satellite X-SAT for imaging applications on April 20, 2011. Remote sensing satellites will get back to ground station with pictures and other important data for use. India has the most of remote sensing satellites in the world offering best imagery in a different of spatial resolutions, from over a metre ranging up to 500 metres, and is a major player in dealing such data in the global ma