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WHAT IS A VIRTUAL CONSTELLATION ?

• Virtual Constellation is a set of space and ground  segment capabilities operating together in a  coordinated manner, in effect a virtual system that  overlaps in coverage in order to meet a combined and  common set of Earth Observation requirements.
• The Constellation concept builds upon or serves to  refocus already existing projects and activities.

THE IDEA

• There are two phases proposed for the Constellation:  phase one, comprising a virtual constellation of existing  satellites; and phase two, a new satellite constellation.
• It will create a system for the sharing of remote sensing  data, meaning the data from each of the member countries’ existing Earth observation satellites will be made available to all the other members.

SITUATION RIGHT NOW

• Currently, only Brazil, Russia, India and  China have remote-sensing satellites in  the sun-synchronous orbit, and they will  provide data to South Africa, which does not  have a satellite of its own.

HOW IS THIS IMPORTANT?

• A satellite constellation of this magnitude will  send a message around the world that the  BRICS countries are ready to cooperate in  numerous ways

INDIA IS ALSO WORKING WITH  U.S

• Other than working with Russia and China under  BRICS constellation system India is also working  with U.S.A
• The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar  (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA  and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-  frequency synthetic aperture radar on an Earth  observation satellite.

NISAR (SATELLITE)

• Launch – date 2022

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