ISRO to launch INSAT 3D by next year
 is planning to launch a meteorological satellite by 2013 to register atmospheric characteristics, parliament was informed on Thursday.
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Published by: Vishal Srivastav
Published on: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 at 21:18 IST
New Delhi: In yet another addition to India's meteorological sciences, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to launch a meteorological satellite by 2013 to register atmospheric characteristics, parliament was informed on Thursday."ISRO is planning to launch INSAT-3D to monitor atmospheric characteristics like cloud motion winds, vertical profiles of humidity and temperature, total precipitable water, sea surface temperature over Indian Ocean and outgoing radiation," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy told the Rajya Sabha.
"The data obtained from this satellite along with ground based observations would help to derive information about climatic conditions, including rain," he said.
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