ISRO Shares First Images Of Earth Captured By OceanSat-3 From Space. IN PICS

PSLV-C54: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the first images of Earth captured by EOS-06 or OceanSat-3A. The first images were received on November 29, at National Remote Sensing Centre, Shadnagar. This is the image of Gujarat and its surroundings from space (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)

PSLV-C54: ISRO has released images of the Himalayan region, Gujarat Kutch region, and the Arabian Sea captured by OceanSat-3A. This is the image of Gujarat and its surroundings. (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)

PSLV-C54: OceanSat-3A has captured images of Earth using the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM) sensors. In this image, government officials are holding the first images of Gujarat and its surroundings captured by OceanSat-3A. OceanSat-3A is an Indian satellite designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the OCM instrument on OceanSat-2, and to facilitate the potential of applications in other areas. (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)

PSLV-C54: S Somanath, chairman of ISRO released OceanSat-3A's images in virtual mode, in the presence of Shri M Sankaran, Director, U R Space Centre, and Dr Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC. (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)

PSLV-C54: ISRO launched OceanSat-3A along with eight nano-satellites on November 26, as part of the PSLV-C54 of EOS-06 mission. The main objectives of OceanSat-3A are to study surface winds and ocean surface strata, monitor phytoplankton blooms, study suspended sediments and aerosols in the water, and observe chlorophyll concentrations. (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)

PSLV-C54: OceanSat-3A is the third flight unit of the OceanSat programme, and its main mission is ocean observation. The satellite has a mass of 960 kilograms, and has been placed into a sun-synchronous orbit. The payloads of OceanSat-3A are OCM, SSTM, Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS), and Scatterometer for OceanSat-3 (OSCAT-3). The instruments are estimated to operate beyond 2030. (Photo: Twitter/@ISRO)