Kalpana Chawla Satellite Images Of India Weather

In a commemorative ceremony on feb.

Kalpana chawla satellite images of india weather.

This is to honor kalpana chawla born in karnal 1961 india who died as a nasa astronaut on feb. Consensus statement on the forecast for october to december season 2020 rainfall and temperature over south asia issued by sascof 17 and csuf on 28 sept. India renames first weather satellite after kalpana chawla ians thursday february 06 2003 india wednesday paid homage to haryana born astronaut kalpana chawla who died in the columbia shuttle tragedy and renamed its first meteorological satellite as kalpana 1 to immortalise her for posterity. Get the latest satellite images maps and animations of india along with meterological conditions and weather report.

Visible channel 0 65 µm the channel 0 65µm lies in the visible region 0 4µm 0 7µm of the electromagnetic spectrum which can be seen with naked eye. Kalpana chawla was born in karnal haryana on march 17 1962. Visible channel is 0 47 0 7 µm infrared channel is 10 5 12 5 µm and water vapour channel is 5 7 7 1 µm. She received a bachelor s of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the punjab engineering college in india in 1982.

Generally insat satellites combine functions to cater to multiple applications metsat 1 was the first dedicated geo weather satellite. 1 2003 over the southern usa when space shuttle columbia flight sts 107 jan. Metsat 1 later renamed as kalpana 1 was launched it 2003 and functioned for more than 18 years. 2020 press release on withdrawal of southwest monsoon from some parts of northwest india on today the 28th september 2020 enhanced rainfall activity over east uttar pradesh.

Get the latest insat satellite images maps and animations of india for today and previous days. Vhrr vhrr very high resolution radiometer is a 3 channels device. Chawla became a nasa astronaut as a member of the flying. Astronaut kalpana chawla aboard the space shuttle columbia image.