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INSAT-2 also provides data transmission for organisations such as the National
Stock Exchange, road and railway transport, mobile communication services, etc.

Resource management- The IRS have applications with Indian Natural Resource
Management program that includes Regional Remote Sensing Services and Remote
Sensing Centres that uses IRS images for development. This application helps in
environment monitoring, impact of soil conservation measures, analyse soil erosion,
land cover for wildlife sanctuaries, fisheries monitoring, mining and geological
applications like survey of metals and mineral deposits, urban planning, etc.

Military- India’s satellite launch vehicles have military spin-offs. Prithvi missile
ranging from 93-124 miles (150-250kms) is not derived from Indian space
programme and the Agni missile is drawn from SLV-3, an Indian space programme.
For the dual purpose project like SLV-3, ISRO opposed military applications under
the control of Vikram Sarabhai and Satish Dhawan.
Telemedicine: The technology of ISRO is also used for connecting patients in rural
areas to medical professionals in urban locations. The patients in rural areas are
diagnosed and examined by urban professional doctors via video conferencing with
the help of satellites. Mobile telemedicine vans are spread out in different parts to
provide diagnosis, proper medicines and treatment.

There are many other applications such as Biodiversity Information System,
Academics and cartography that ISRO runs.

Achievements by ISRO:

ISRO successfully carried out one of the most complicated missions in the history of
Indian Space Exploration with the help of six nations, it launched 104 satellites into
space. These were launched in single launch onboard PSLV-C37. The satellites
were successfully put into their desired orbit in one rocket. This took place in main
spaceport of ISRO i.e. Sriharikota.

On May 5, 2017, a satellite of 2230kgs was launched by geosynchronous satellite
launch vehicle (GSLV-F09) into its decided geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). A

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