India Successfully Launched a Weather Satellite INSAT -3D

Posted by Cash On on 2013-07-26 0

satellite INSAT-3D was successfully launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on Friday morning. European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launched INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites. Alphasat is Europe's largest telecommunication satellite-ever manufactured and results from a large- scale public-private partnership between the European Space Agency and Inmarsat. Some five minutes later, Ariane 5 completed its mission with the successful separation of INSAT-3D, which carries a six-channel imager and 19-channel sounder, as well as a data relay transponder for satellite-aided search and rescue operations. According to ISRO, INSAT-3D adds a new dimensional 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. The imaging system of INSAT-3D has significant improvements over that of KALPANA and INSAT-3A. INSAT-3D will provide continuity to earlier missions and further augment the capability to provide various meteorologicalas well as search and rescue services.