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Satellite Programme:
Kalpana
Programme details
Programme description
Single operational satellite in geostationary orbit, with several common elements with the INSAT-3 series. Previous name: MetSat, renamed Kalpana in honor of the lady astronaut of Indian ancestry lost with the accident of the Shuttle “Columbia” in February 2003.
Developed and operated by ISRO for the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
3-axis stabilised platform.
The design life time of the satellites is 7 years.
Positioned at 74°E.
See detailed description at: https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/kalpana-1
Data circulation
CDAS (Command and Data Acquisition Station) for real-time acquisition of the full information.
DMDD (Digital Meteorological Data Dissemination) for near-real-time dissemination of images and digital data in HRIT/LRIT format to Indian and surrounding stations.
DCS (Data Collection Service) to relay messages from self-timed DCP (Data Collection Platform).
Agencies
ISRO
, IMD
Programme lifetime
2002 - 2017
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .