Metsat

Also called Kalpana 1

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General

Designation	27525 / 02043A
Launch date	12 Sep 2002
Country of origin	India
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	74°E
Launch vehicle	PSLV #7

Should cost $16 million

Was renamed "Kalpana 1" in Feb 2003 after Kalpana Chawla, one of the seven crew members of STS 107, first Indian-born woman in space.
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End of life

Out of service	probably in July 2018
Cause	Sent to the junk orbit

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	ISAC (ISRO Satellite Center)
Platform	I-1000
Mass at launch	1055 kg
Dry mass	495 kg
Dimension
Solar array	single panel: 2.15 x 1.85 m GaAS
Stabilization
DC power	550 W
Design lifetime	7 years

To carry Hitherto, an Indian-made, 3-band Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR/2). The resolution is 8 km in the visible band and 8 km in the water vapour band.
Has 3 scanning modes:
- Full frame (20° x 20°; 33 minutes min)
- Normal frame (14° North-South x 20° East-West; 23 minutes min)
- Sector frame (4.5° North-South x 20° East-West; to follow cyclones)

Data downlink in C-band (4.50305 GHz) at 526.5 kbit/s
DCS frequencies: uplink 402.75 MHz, downlink: 4.50605 GHz
No Sarsat payload

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