Department of Space to launch 30 satellites in next decade

• The Department of Space plans to launch "not less than 30 satellites" in the next decade.
• These include a series of resourcesat, cartosat, ocean and atmospheric satellites
• The Hyderabad-based NRSC, which comes under the Department of Space, acquires, processes and disseminates remote sensing data for applications and disaster management.
  

"Emergency products"

At present, the NRSC needed four to five days to deliver space products. With the new ground segment, the centre would be able to do that within 12 hours and even supply "emergency products" within an hour of receiving the data. The ground segment would be set up at a cost of around Rs. 40 crore and was expected to be operational by June 2011