BackForward Satellite: Megha-Tropiques 

Satellite details
Acronym Megha-Tropiques
Full name Megha-Tropiques
Satellite Description
  • Single flight unit of the Megha-Tropiques programme.
  • Main mission: water cycle in the Tropics.
  • Substantial contribution to atmospheric radiation.
  • Significant contribution to Space weather.
Mass at launch 960 kg Dry mass
Power 1100 W
Data access link http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr/browse/mtview.php
Data access information
  • Off-line data available from the CNES ICARE or the ISRO MOSDAC.
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 867 km
Inclination 20 °

 

Space agency ISRO , CNES
Status Operational
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 12 Oct 2011 EOL ≥2021
Last update: 2021-01-18
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Megha-Tropiques

Acronym Full name
MADRAS Microwave Analysis & Detection of Rain & Atmospheric Structures
ROSA Radio Occultation Sounder of the Atmosphere
SAPHIR Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil d’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie
ScaRaB Scanner for Radiation Budget
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Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service Dir or Mode Frequency Emission designator Bandwidth Polarisation D/A Data rate or Baseband Comments
MADRAS passive 18700 MHz 200000  kHz TBD A   Window channel
MADRAS passive 23800 MHz 400000  kHz V A   Water vapour channel
MADRAS passive 36500 MHz 1000000  kHz H&V A   Window channel
MADRAS passive 89000 MHz 1700000  kHz H&V A   Window channel
MADRAS passive 157000 MHz 1700000  kHz H&V A   Weak water vapour channel
SAPHIR passive 171310 - 195310 MHz N/R  kHz H A   Water vapour band, 6 channels