<p>Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday said its upcoming satellite mission TRISHNA was designed to provide critical insights for impactful climate action.</p><p>ISRO is pitching the satellite as a marked advancement in remote-sensing technology and a potential gamechanger in helping policymakers, agro-industries, and farmers develop solutions for issues around water and food security.</p>.New HAL facilities to support ISRO’s LVM3 programme.<p>Releasing details about the mission, undertaken with French national space agency CNES, ISRO said TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red<strong> </strong>Imaging Satellite for High-resolution<strong> </strong>Natural Resource<strong> </strong>Assessment) would deliver high spatial and high temporal resolution monitoring of the earth's surface temperature and its ability to emit heat.</p><p>The mission has among its goals high-resolution observation of water quality in coastal and inland waters, comprehensive assessment of urban heat islands, monitoring of snow-melt runoff, and data on aerosol optical depth, atmospheric water vapour, and cloud cover.</p><p>TRISHNA science data products will help assess irrigation water use, issue advisories for water savings and enhance crop water productivity, ISRO said, without mentioning the mission’s scheduled timeline.</p><p>The satellite comes with two primary payloads. While the Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) payload provided by CNES has an infrared imaging sensor capable of high-resolution surface temperature mapping, ISRO’s Visible - Near Infra-Red - Short Wave Infra-Red (VNIR-SWIR) payload tracks biophysical and radiation variables through its seven spectral bands.</p><p>Designed for a five-year mission life, TRISHNA will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 761 km. The orbit will provide a spatial resolution of 57 metres for land and coastal areas and 1 km for oceanic and polar regions, ISRO said.</p><p>TRISHNA’s data will contribute to global initiatives including GEOGLAM (Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative), the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and the Global Water Watch, it said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday said its upcoming satellite mission TRISHNA was designed to provide critical insights for impactful climate action.</p><p>ISRO is pitching the satellite as a marked advancement in remote-sensing technology and a potential gamechanger in helping policymakers, agro-industries, and farmers develop solutions for issues around water and food security.</p>.New HAL facilities to support ISRO’s LVM3 programme.<p>Releasing details about the mission, undertaken with French national space agency CNES, ISRO said TRISHNA (Thermal Infra-Red<strong> </strong>Imaging Satellite for High-resolution<strong> </strong>Natural Resource<strong> </strong>Assessment) would deliver high spatial and high temporal resolution monitoring of the earth's surface temperature and its ability to emit heat.</p><p>The mission has among its goals high-resolution observation of water quality in coastal and inland waters, comprehensive assessment of urban heat islands, monitoring of snow-melt runoff, and data on aerosol optical depth, atmospheric water vapour, and cloud cover.</p><p>TRISHNA science data products will help assess irrigation water use, issue advisories for water savings and enhance crop water productivity, ISRO said, without mentioning the mission’s scheduled timeline.</p><p>The satellite comes with two primary payloads. While the Thermal Infra-Red (TIR) payload provided by CNES has an infrared imaging sensor capable of high-resolution surface temperature mapping, ISRO’s Visible - Near Infra-Red - Short Wave Infra-Red (VNIR-SWIR) payload tracks biophysical and radiation variables through its seven spectral bands.</p><p>Designed for a five-year mission life, TRISHNA will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 761 km. The orbit will provide a spatial resolution of 57 metres for land and coastal areas and 1 km for oceanic and polar regions, ISRO said.</p><p>TRISHNA’s data will contribute to global initiatives including GEOGLAM (Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative), the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and the Global Water Watch, it said.</p>