印度第一颗实用遥感卫星IRS-1由苏联于1988年3月17日在贝喀奴航天基地发射成功,现已进入轨道。由此,印度成了拥有用于自然资源管理的航天遥感系统的国家。为印度发射980 kg的卫星,是苏联航天事业商业化的第一次。印度空间研究组织(ISRO)支付650万美元的发射费,较之美国或欧洲空间局提供同样服务的价格低25％。 ISRO制造的遥感卫星价值为5000万美元,装备了3部法国提供的行扫描成像摄影机。在904Km高空,能以 India’s first practical remote sensing satellite, IRS-1, was successfully launched by the Soviet Union on March 17, 1988, at the Beacono Space Station and is now in orbit. As a result, India has become a country that has a space remote sensing system for natural resource management. The launch of a 980 kg satellite for India was the first commercialization of the Soviet aerospace industry. The Indian space research organization (ISRO) paid $ 6.5 million in launch costs, which is 25% lower than the price for the same service provided by the United States or the European Space Agency. Remote sensing satellites manufactured by ISRO are valued at $ 50 million and are equipped with three line-scan imaging cameras from France. At 904Km altitude, able to