Space Applications Centre, Isro

space applications centre (sac) is one of the major centres of the indian space research organisation (isro). sac focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for isro missions and development and operationalisation of applications of space technology for societal benefits. the applications cover communication, broadcasting, navigation, disaster monitoring, meteorology, oceanography, environment monitoring and natural resources survey. sac designs and develops all the transponders for the insat and gsat series of communication satellites and the optical and microwave sensors for irs series of remote sensing satellites. further, sac develops the ground transmit/receive systems (earth stations/ground terminals) and data/image processing systems. in order to carry out the above tasks, sac has highly sophisticated payload integration laboratories, electronic and mechanical fabrication facilities, environmental test facilities, systems reliability/assurance group, image processing and a