Weather satellite News
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China will launch a new meteorological satellite later this year to further boost its weather forecasting capabilities, authorities announced on Monday.
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China launched a new meteorological satellite, Fengyun-3D on Wednesday, authorities said. The satellite was launched at 2.35 a.m., from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi province, reports Xinhua news agency.
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During heavy rain, GLM data will show when thunderstorms are stalled or if they are gathering strength.
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The solar corona is so hot that it is best observed with X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) cameras.
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China launched its first of second-generation weather satellite 'Fengyun-4' at 12:11 a.m. local time on Sunday, marking an upgrade of China`s meteorological satellites in geostationary orbit.
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The satellite was rocketed into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:42 p.m. EST on Saturday (5.12 a.m. Sunday, India time) is on its way to sharpen forecasts, watches and warnings about hurricanes and storms, NASA said.
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Japan Meteorological Agency’s Himawari-8 satellite, launched in 2014 and Himawari-9, launched on November 1 have the similar capabilities of GOES-R.
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Himawari-9, which is second of two third-generation satellites in Japan’s Himawari weather-monitoring series, lifted off at 3.20 p.m. (local time) aboard the H-IIA F31 from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture.
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The expected lifespan of SCATSAT-1 is expected to be five years.
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At 9.12 a:m today, the PSLV-C35 carrying the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 along with seven other satellites, including from the US and Canada, will blast off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
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As per ISRO, the 320 tone Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket (PSLV-C35) carrying eight satellites - three Indian and five foreign - will blast off from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9:12 hours (IST) on September 26.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation's GSLV rocket has successfully placed its advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR into the orbit on Thursday.
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INSAT-3DR is an Indian weather satellite built by the ISRO and operated by the Indian National Satellite System.
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The weather satellite INSAT-3DR will be put into orbit by a GSLV rocket August end. Preparations for the launch are going on, P Kunhi Krishnan, Director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre said.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch INSAT-3DR next month with its GSLV rocket, said Kiran Kumar at the Madras Institute of Technology Alumni Association meeting here.
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