TRISHNA thermal-imaging satellite reaches advanced development stage

The Indo-French TRISHNA Earth-observation mission is in an advanced stage of realisation, an ISRO official said at an 11 October workshop, according to The Hindu. The official estimated launch in the next 12-16 months; CNES's current mission page lists a 2027 launch. Neither is confirmation of a booked launch date or a completed mission. ISRO and CNES are jointly developing the satellite to monitor surface temperature and water-related processes. CNES supplies the thermal infrared instrument, while ISRO supplies the visible, near-infrared and short-wave-infrared payload and satellite bus. The measurements are intended to support water-resource management, agriculture and understanding of surface energy budgets. CNES describes a 60-metre product resolution and observations of the same equatorial point about every three days. Those are mission design goals, not operational data already being delivered. The checked visual is CNES's artist view of the satellite, not a photograph of flight hardware.

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