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The satellite IRS-1A in space with its solar panels spread, against dark blue, with the words “Indian Remote Sensing Satellite-1A” in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.
IRS-1A
India Post issued this ₹6.50 stamp on 18 March 1991, three years after the satellite’s launch from Baikonur on 17 March 1988. IRS-1A was the first of India’s own series of remote sensing satellites, and India Post’s folder calls India the fifth country in the world to have one in operation. The 975 kg satellite was used for mapping land use, forests, wasteland and floods, and for estimating crops.
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