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Where do I download science dataset of ISRO

Where do I download science dataset of ISRO
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Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) is the prime data centre of the ISRO for all the science, lunar and interplanetary missions of ISRO. ISRO Science Data Archive (ISDA) is the central repository for all scientific and engineering data acquired by different ISRO’s planetary missions. ISDA makes the planetary data sets accessible to the world-wide scientific community.

The datasets are hosted using Policy Based Data Retrieval, Analytics, Dissemination and Notification System (PRADAN) and is accompanied with the meta information of the data in PDS4 standard as per International Planetary Data Alliance (IPDA). PDS4 is a format used primarily by NASA to store and distribute solar, lunar and planetary imagery data. GDAL provides read-write access to PDS4 formatted imagery data. Some more information about this standard and processing levels of the data: pdf