Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, data collection and communication, search and rescue.
Full Name
Indian National Satellite - 3A
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
10 Apr 2003
Mission Links
EOL Date
08 Nov 2016
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-94 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
CCD camera - Charged Coupled Device Camera |
| DRT-S&R - DRT-S&R |
| VHRR - Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | VHRR |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | CCD camera, VHRR |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | VHRR |
| Radiation budget | VHRR |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | CCD camera |
| Surface temperature (land) | VHRR |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | CCD camera |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | VHRR |
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