Objectives and Applications
Study of the inter-tropical zone and its convective systems (water and energy cycles).
Full Name
Megha-Tropiques
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
12 Oct 2011
Mission Links
EOL Date
15 Dec 2021
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
102.16 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
20 deg
Orbit Altitude
867 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
MADRAS - Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures |
| ROSA - Radio Occultation Sensor for Atmosphere |
| SAPHIR - Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil'd’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie |
| ScaRaB - Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | SAPHIR |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MADRAS, ScaRaB |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MADRAS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MADRAS |
| Radiation budget | ScaRaB |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | ROSA |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | MADRAS |
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