{"id":31625,"date":"2025-04-01T05:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31625"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:57:59","slug":"cartosat-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cartosat-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CARTOSAT-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>CARTOSAT-3 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>ISRO\u2019s CARTOSAT-3 Images Reveal Earthquake Damage in Myanmar<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ISRO\u2019s Earth observation satellite, CARTOSAT-3, captured high-resolution images of the destruction caused by the <strong>7.7-magnitude earthquake<\/strong> that struck Myanmar on <strong>March 28, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>post-disaster imagery (March 29) was compared with pre-event data (March 18)<\/strong> to assess the damage in <strong>Mandalay and Sagaing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About CARTOSAT-3<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CARTOSAT-3<\/strong> is a <strong>third-generation agile advanced Earth observation satellite<\/strong> developed by <strong>ISRO<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>replaces the IRS (Indian Remote Sensing) series<\/strong> and has <strong>high-resolution imaging capabilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Launched aboard the <strong>Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C47)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key Features<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Panchromatic resolution of <strong>0.25 metres<\/strong> (sharpest among civil satellites).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Orbit<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Placed at <strong>509 km altitude<\/strong>, <strong>97.5\u00b0 inclination<\/strong> to the equator.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>1,625 kg<\/strong> (more than double the mass of previous Cartosat satellites).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Advanced technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Includes <strong>highly agile cameras, high-speed data transmission, and an advanced computer system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Commercial use<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>First commercial order from <strong>New Space India Limited (NSIL)<\/strong>, the <strong>commercial arm of ISRO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Applications of CARTOSAT-3<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National Security &amp; Defense:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Military applications<\/strong>: Used for <strong>strategic surveillance, border security, and defense planning<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous use<\/strong>: <strong>Cartosat-2<\/strong> aided in <strong>2016 surgical strikes<\/strong> across the <strong>LoC<\/strong> and <strong>2015 Myanmar-Manipur operations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disaster Management &amp; Urban Planning:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Assessing natural disasters<\/strong>: Earthquake, floods, and landslide monitoring.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Urban &amp; Rural Infrastructure Planning<\/strong>: Road networks, water distribution, and land-use regulation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coastal Land Use &amp; Regulation<\/strong>: Monitoring environmental changes along the coastline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cartography &amp; Remote Sensing:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>High-Resolution Mapping<\/strong> for <strong>geospatial applications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Detecting Natural &amp; Man-Made Changes<\/strong> in geographical features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cartosat Satellite Series<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cartosat-1 to 3: <\/strong>High-resolution Earth observation, urban and rural planning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RISAT Series: <\/strong>Radar-based imaging for <strong>cloud-penetrating surveillance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oceansat Series: <\/strong>Monitors <strong>Ocean parameters, weather forecasting, and marine studies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>INSAT &amp; Megha Tropiques: <\/strong>Atmospheric studies and <strong>climate research<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CARTOSAT-3 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1: <\/strong>What is CARTOSAT-3?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong> CARTOSAT-3 is an advanced Earth observation satellite launched by ISRO to provide high-resolution images for cartography, urban planning, and strategic applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>When was CARTOSAT-3 launched, and what is its resolution?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong> It was launched on November 27, 2019, and has a ground resolution of 0.25 meters, making it India\u2019s most advanced imaging satellite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3: <\/strong>What is the main purpose of CARTOSAT-3?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong> It is used for mapping, disaster management, rural and urban planning, and defense applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4: <\/strong>Which launch vehicle was used to place CARTOSAT-3 in orbit?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong> PSLV-C47 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) was used to launch CARTOSAT-3 into a sun-synchronous orbit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/isros-cartosat-3-images-show-damages-caused-by-earthquake-in-myanmar\/article69398958.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARTOSAT-3 is an advanced Earth observation satellite launched by ISRO to provide high-resolution images for cartography, urban planning etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}