Program: Insat

Indian National Satellite

Indian telecommunication and meteorology program operated by ISRO The commercial arm of the system is Antrix

Meteorology mission: image acquisition, distribution of image data and other met info, collection and relay of weather data from data collection platforms (DCPs). Data on upper atmosphere winds and sea surface temperatures, flood and storm early warning, etc.

Insat has applied for 29 new GEO slots in 1997: from 51.5°E to 113.5°E and 13°W and 108°W!

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