INSAT-3DR Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - INSAT-3DR -

Full Name

Indian National Satellite - 3DR (repeat)

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

ISRO

Launch Date

08 Sep 2016

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

Dec 2025

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

41752 (TLE)

International Designator

2016-054A

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

-93.5 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, data collection and communication, search and rescue.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Sounder (INSAT)
	Atmospheric Winds	Imager (INSAT 3D)
	Radiation budget	Imager (INSAT 3D)
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Sounder (INSAT)
Land	Surface temperature (land)	Imager (INSAT 3D)
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	Sounder (INSAT)
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	Imager (INSAT 3D)

Mission Instruments

Imager (INSAT 3D) - Very High Resolution Radiometer

Sounder (INSAT) - IR Sounder

OpenSearch Datasets

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