India’s advanced weather satellite INSAT – 3D was successfully launched by a European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on Friday. It would help India make accurate weather predictions.
New Delhi, July 26/Nationalturk-: Making further strides towards predicting accurate weather, India successfully launched advanced weather satellite INSAT – 3D from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on Friday.
“2060-kg satellite was launched from the French space port at Kourou in French Guyana in South America early this morning using the tested Ariane-5 rocket in its 69th launch,” officials said.
They said since the satellite will look specifically at the Indian region throughout 24 hours, weather predictions in India could become much more accurate.
INSAT-3D adds new dimension to weather monitoring in India
“INSAT-3D adds a new dimension to weather monitoring through its atmospheric sounding system, which provides vertical profiles of temperature, humidity and integrated ozone from surface to top of the atmosphere,” said a statement issued by India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
It said imaging system of INSAT-3D has significant improvements over past KALPANA and INSAT-3A satellites.
“The advances weather satellite will provide continuity to earlier missions and further augment the capability to provide various meteorological as well as search and rescue services. INSAT-3D had a lift-off mass of 2060 kg. It also carried the newly developed 19 channel sounder, the first such payload to be flown on an ISRO satellite mission,” the space agency said.
DRT will be used to receive metrological covereage
ISRO said Data Relay Transponder (DRT) will be used to receive meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data from remote, uninhabited locations over the coverage area from Data Collection Platforms (DCPs) like Automatic Weather Station, Automatic Rain Gauge and Agro Met Stations.
“INSAT-3D is equipped with a Search and Rescue payload that picks up and relays the alert signals originating from the distress beacons of maritime, aviation and land based users to the Indian Mission Control Centre located at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network here,” added ISRO.
ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said the Master Control Facility at Hassan in India has already received signals from INSAT-3D minutes after its launch.
He said INSAT-3D is essentially for meteorological applications. “It is an advanced satellite in the sense there is imaging system with better spatial resolution”.
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