{"id":57231,"date":"2018-08-21T07:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T07:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=57231"},"modified":"2018-08-21T07:05:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T07:05:10","slug":"five-isro-satellites-playing-a-crucial-role-in-kerala-rescue-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2018\/08\/21\/five-isro-satellites-playing-a-crucial-role-in-kerala-rescue-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ISRO satellites playing a crucial role in Kerala rescue operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five\u00a0Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellites &#8211;\u00a0Oceansat-2, RESOURCESAT-2, CARTOSAT-2 and 2A and INSAT 3DR &#8211; are playing a vital role in\u00a0monitoring the flood situation and planning rescue operations in flood-hit Kerala by\u00a0gathering data and sending real-time images to the ground station.<\/p>\n<p>The INSAT 3DR, an advanced meteorological satellite, provides the latest information in fluctuating temperatures and humidity in the coast of Kerala, while the CARTOSAT and RESOURCESAT are sending high-resolution images of the affected areas to study and provide relief funds accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Once the satellite sends back images, they are marked down on a map with flooded and non-flooded regions highlighted. This map is then sent out to state and central agencies which can help in plotting the transport network and relief operations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/156334\/kerala-floods-isro-satellite-rescue-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thebetterindia.com\/156334\/kerala-floods-isro-satellite-rescue-operations\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five\u00a0Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) satellites &#8211;\u00a0Oceansat-2, RESOURCESAT-2, CARTOSAT-2 and 2A and INSAT 3DR &#8211; are playing a vital role in\u00a0monitoring the flood situation and planning rescue operations in flood-hit Kerala by\u00a0gathering data and sending real-time images to the ground station. The INSAT 3DR, an advanced meteorological satellite, provides the latest information in fluctuating temperatures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}