India’s Current & Planned Activities….

DEVIPRASAD KARNIKCounsellor (Space)Embassy of IndiaWashington DC

6TH GOES USER’S CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Indian Space Research Organization

METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONSEARTH IMAGERY

VHRR & DRT Visible - 2 X 2 kmInfrared - 8 X 8 kmWater vapour - 8 X 8 km

CCD - Better than 1 kmLaunchLaunch Date : 12th SEPT 2002 PSLV – C4

Kalpana-1 Geostationary (74 deg East longitude)

METSAT, renamed as Kalpana - 1 on February 5, 2003 after the Indian born American Astronaut Dr. Kalpana Chawla, who died on February 1, 2003 in the US Space Shuttle Columbia disaster is the first in the series of exclusive meteorological satellites built by ISRO.

DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMSWind Speed Temperature Humidity

Meteorological payload

- Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR) with 2 km resolution in visible band and 8 km resolution in infrared and water vapour band

- Charged Coupled Device (CCD) camera operating in visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared band with 1 km resolution.

- Data Relay Transponders (DRT)INSAT – 3A also carries another transponder for Satellite Aided Search and rescue (SAS & R) as part of India’s contribution to the international Satellite Aided Search Programme.

INSAT – 3A Launch Date :10.04.2003Geostationary (93.5 deg East longitude)

INSAT-3D : meteorological satellite planned to be launched in the 2010

RESOURCESAT-2,3CART0SAT-2B

MEGHA-TROPICS-1,2

Launch : May 26 1999PSLV -C2 Polar Sun Synchronous orbit of 720 km

Launch : SEPT 23 2009

developed by the Italian Space Agency.

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