Template:Infobox spaceflight Kalpana-1 was the first dedicated meteorological satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on 12 September 2002. The satellite is three-axis stabilized and is powered by solar panels, getting up to Template:Convert of power. The METSAT bus was used as the basis for the Chandrayaan lunar orbiter mission of 2008.
History
Originally known as MetSat-1, the satellite was the first launched by the PSLV-C4 into the Geostationary orbit. On February 5, 2003, it was renamed to Kalpana-1 by the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in memory of Kalpana Chawla—an Indian born NASA astronaut who perished in the Template:OV disaster.
The satellite features a Very High Resolution scanning Radiometer (VHRR), for three-band images (visible, infrared, and thermal infrared) with a resolution of Template:Cvt, and a Data Relay Transponder (DRT) payload to provide data to weather terrestrial platforms.[1] Its mission were to collect data in layer of clouds, water vapor, and temperature of the atmosphere and to establish a small satellite I-1000 bus system which can meet the exclusive service requirements of a meteorological payload for earth imageries
Kalpana-1 went out of service in mid-2018.[2]
VHRR scanning radiometer
The three band images are:
See also
References
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