India's exclusive met satellite INSAT-3D to be launched in July

European space consortium Arianespace would launch India's INSAT-3D, an exclusive meteorological satellite, from its spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on July 26. According to Indian space agency ISRO(Indian Space Research Organisation), INSAT-3D is configured with advanced meteorological payloads - a six Channel Imager, 19 Channel Sounder along with data relay transponder and satellite aided search & rescue payloads. More

(Source: India Today - Jun 17)