{"id":369844,"date":"2026-08-19T15:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369844"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:57:48","slug":"gisat-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gisat-1a\/","title":{"rendered":"GISAT-1A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing to resume flight operations in September after a break of close to seven months, with the GISAT-1A Earth-observation spacecraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About GISAT-1A<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGyX8CEsvIvdKqKD3x5CpW8vHaehtRBXO11zKnRg4uY-b9GTnwozDuHFZL&amp;s=10\" alt=\"GISAT-1A\" width=\"419\" height=\"526\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ISRO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Geo Imaging Satellite<\/strong> which is also referred <strong>to as EOS-05.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>replacement for GISAT-1 (EOS-03)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was launched in 2021 but failed<strong> to reach its intended orbit.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed with a <\/span><b>10-year mission life<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of <\/span><b>two satellites currently parked at the Sriharikota spaceport<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (other is <\/span><b>NVS-03<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> Its primary purpose is to provide <\/span><b>frequent imaging of large areas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Application:<\/strong> It is useful for m<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">onitoring <\/span><b>natural disasters, <\/b>t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">racking <\/span><b>agricultural activities, <\/b>m<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">onitoring <\/span><b>forestry <\/b>and <strong>observing areas of interest at frequent intervals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <strong>Significance:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will strengthen India\u2019s Earth observation capabilities by providing <\/span><b>large-area, frequently updated imagery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing to resume flight operations in September after a break of close to seven months, with the GISAT-1A Earth-observation spacecraft. About GISAT-1A It is an Geo Imaging Satellite which is also referred to as EOS-05. It is a replacement for GISAT-1 (EOS-03), which was launched in 2021 but&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gisat-1a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GISAT-1A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-369844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}