{"id":91444,"date":"2021-03-01T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=91444"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:31:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:01:40","slug":"isro-launches-drdos-sindhu-netra-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-launches-drdos-sindhu-netra-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO launches DRDO&#8217;s &#8220;Sindhu Netra Satellite&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches the &#8221;Sindhu Netra Satellite&#8221;. It was a part of ISRO\u2019s PSLV-C51 mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Sindhu Netra Satellite:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by: <\/strong>Students of Bengaluru based PES University under a contract by\u00a0 Research Centre Imarat, which is a part of the DRDO.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>The satellite is capable of automatically identifying the warships and merchant ships in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>The satellite enhances India&#8217;s surveillance capabilities on land borders with China and Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>It will be useful to identify\u00a0suspicious movements of sea-faring vessels close to India\u2019s\u00a0maritime borders.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, It will also be helpful in carrying out surveillance in areas such as the South China Sea or the pirate-infested areas near the Gulf of Aden and the African coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/newsscroll\/isro-launches-drdos-satellite-sindhu-netra\/2038038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Outlook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QrWd36n6KE\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-the-growing-role-of-the-private-sector-in-space-demands-india-to-move-quickly-towards-a-new-model-for-indias-space-activity-explain-with-illustrations\/\">[Answered] The growing role of the private sector in space, demands India to move quickly towards a new model for India\u2019s space activity. 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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches the &#8221;Sindhu Netra Satellite&#8221;. It was a part of ISRO\u2019s PSLV-C51 mission. About Sindhu Netra Satellite: Developed by: Students of Bengaluru based PES University under a contract by\u00a0 Research Centre Imarat, which is a part of the DRDO. Purpose: The satellite is capable of automatically&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-launches-drdos-sindhu-netra-satellite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ISRO launches DRDO&#8217;s &#8220;Sindhu Netra Satellite&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[1434],"class_list":["post-91444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91444","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}