ISRO Plans to Launch 10 Earth Observation (EO) Satellites in 2020-21

ISRO Plans to Launch 10 Earth Observation (EO) Satellites in 2020-21

• As per the annual data released by the Department of Space, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has planned to launch an unprecedented 10 earth observation (EO) satellites with space surveillance feature during 2020-21.
• Apart from this, three communication satellites and two navigation satellites are also scheduled to be launched in the next fiscal.
• The annual plan includes total 36 missions, comprising of both satellites and their launchers.
• The EO scheduled for 2020-21 includes new categories such as the first Geo Imaging Satellite, GISAT-1, new series of high resolution HRSATs as a threesome on a single PSLV launcher, radar imaging satellites RISAT-2BR2, RISAT- 1A and 2A; Oceansat-3 and Resourcesat-3/3S.
• For the fiscal 2019-20, ISRO had proposed launching six EO satellites, while for 2021-22, the plan is to add eight EO satellites.