EOS-05 (also known as GISAT-1A) is an Earth observation satellite, which is the second satellite in the GISAT series made by ISRO. It was planned to be launched on 20 February 2026 using a GSLV Mk II rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The satellite aims to improve the existing remote sensing capabilities.

Launch

GISAT-1A was meant to be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 20 February 2026. It will be launched aboard a GSLV Mk II rocket, aboard the GSLV-F17 mission.

Payload

GISAT-1A in deployed configuration.

GISATs will image in multi-spectral and hyper-spectral bands to provide near real-time pictures of large areas of the country, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals which is, selected field image in every 5 minutes and entire Indian landmass image every 30 minutes at 42 m spatial resolution.

Features of GISAT-1A are:

Imaging capabilities of GISAT-1A
BandChannelsGround Resolution(m)Range(μm)
Multispectral (VNIR)6420.45 – 0.875
Hyperspectral (VNIR)1583180.375 – 1.0
Hyperspectral (SWIR)2561910.9 – 2.5