# Indian Satellite Capabilities **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-satellite-capabilities/962334 "2022-04-05T18:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-satellite-capabilities/962334/1 "2022-04-05T18:50:44Z")
This is in regards to the event at Bucha but just looking for factual answers. The US is saying that satellite imagery shows bodies lying in the street since several weeks ago. Does India have satellite imagery capable of performing independent verification and would they be likely to have captured these images? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-satellite-capabilities/962334/2 "2022-04-05T19:06:08Z")
India’s space agency has been launching satellites in their “Indian Remote Sensing” (IRS) program since the 1980s; reading a bit about these indicates to me, a layman who knows just enough about space programs to be dangerous, that at least some of their IRS satellites are capable of high-resolution imaging. > **[Indian Remote Sensing Programme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing_Programme)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > India's remote sensing program was developed with the idea of applying space technologies for the benefit of humankind and the development of the country. The program involved the development of three principal capabilities. The first was to design, build and launch satellites to a Sun-synchronous orbit. The second was to establish and operate ground stations for spacecraft control, data transfer along with data processing and archival. The thir...