{"id":127283,"date":"2026-10-03T14:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127283"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:35:15","slug":"tapas-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tapas-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TAPAS-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>TAPAS-1 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India&#8217;s first dedicated commercial CubeSat-category thermal payload TAPAS-1 was successfully deployed in orbit by Space X\u2019s Falcon 9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About TAPAS-1<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The TAPAS (<\/span><b>Thermal Access Platform for Analytics &amp; Solutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is India\u2019s first <\/span><b>commercial private thermal-imaging payload<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, developed by Ahmedabad-based space <\/span><b>technology startup Satleo Labs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Function:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has been designed to capture changes in the <\/span><b>heat emitted from the Earth\u2019s surface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>form of images.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses <\/span><b>long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to capture temperature information that is not visible in conventional optical imagery.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been <\/span><b>injected into an orbit 500 km high,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from where the satellite will capture high-resolution images of <\/span><b>heat and temperature variations at locations across the planet.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>CubeSat-category payload<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which are a class of cubical nanosatellites that typically measure 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Weight:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> TAPAS-1 weighs <\/span><b>1.5 kg.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Application of TAPAS-1 data<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Agriculture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used for monitoring of agricultural and water stress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Disaster Management:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is used for detection and monitoring of disasters <\/span><b>such as forest fires.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Urban Planning:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Temperature variations across different areas of a city can be tracked in real time. This can help municipal corporations undertake the <\/span><b>necessary planning to address heat stress<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/elon-musk-falcon-9-gujarat-satellite-uses-10903668\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAPAS-1  is India\u2019s first commercial private thermal-imaging payload, developed by Ahmedabad-based space technology startup Satleo Labs. 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