ScatSat, a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite

Q.  ScatSat is for
- Published on 30 Aug 16

a. Communication Satellite
b. Educational Satellite
c. GPS Satellite
d. Weather monitoring

ANSWER: Weather monitoring
 
ScatSat, a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite
  • ISRO will launch ScatSat, a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite, with polar satellite launch vehicle.
  • SCATSat-1 is an OceanSat-2 follow-up mission, actually a gap-filler mission between OceanSat-2 and -3, under development at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) with the objective to continue the global ocean wind vector data acquisition started by the OSCAT (OceanSat-2 Scanning Scatterometer).
  • The information of global ocean surface winds is an important ingredient for weather forecasts.
  • The designated primary payload of satellite is a scatterometer which is similar to the payload launched with Oceansat-2.

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