Kalpana chawla who died on february 1 2003 in the us space shuttle columbia disaster is the first in the series of exclusive meteorological satellites built by isro.
Kalpana 1 satellite information in hindi.
Hence this channel is known as the visible channel.
What is satellite in hindi and how satellites work आज हम आपक अपन इस प स ट म बतल त ह स ट ल इट क ब र म क आख र स ट ल इट ह क य.
Metsat renamed as kalpana 1 on february 5 2003 after the indian born american astronaut dr.
Kalpana 1 is an exclusive meteorological satellite launched by pslv in september 2002.
The meterological payloads were developed by space applications centre ahmedabad.
It carries very high resolution radiometer and drt payloads to provide meteorological services.
February 2003 metsat 1 was renamed kalpana 1 to honour the late indian born astronaut kalpana chawla who died in the columbia sts 107 accident.
Kalpana chawla biography all information about kalpana chawla history useful for essay on kalpana chawla for student in hindi कल पन च वल क ज वन.
Metsat was developed by isro satellite centre bangalore.
It is located at 74 degree east longitude.
This is to honor kalpana chawla born in karnal 1961 india who died as a nasa astronaut on feb.
6 2003 the metsat 1 satellite of isro was renamed to kalpana 1 by indian prime minister atal bihari vajpayee.
Its first name was metsat.
In a commemorative ceremony on feb.
The incoming solar radiation in this channel is reflected by clouds and ground.
It was later renamed as kalpana 1 to commemorate kalpana chawla.
1 2003 over the southern usa when space shuttle columbia flight sts 107 jan.
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.
The satellite is three axis stabilized and is powered by solar panels getting up to 550 watts 0 74 hp of power the metsat bus was used as the basis for the chandrayaan lunar orbiter mission of 2008.