The meteorological instruments on board INSAT-3A have been tested in the
last two days and the pictures received indicate good performance of both
the cameras. It may be noted that INSAT-3A, which was launched on April 10,
2003, carries two meteorological cameras
A three-channel Very High Resolution Radiometer (VHRR) with 2 km spatial
resolution in the Visible spectral band and 8 km resolution in Thermal
Infrared band and Water Vapour band
A Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Camera, which operates in the Visible, Near
Infrared and Shortwave Infrared bands, providing a spatial resolution of 1
km.
The CCD camera was tested on April 17th and the VHRR on April 18th.
The first imagery from the INSAT-3A Very High Resolution Radiometer(VHRR).
This was generated by combining the data received on April 18, 2003 in the
Visible, Thermal Infrared and Water-Vapour bands.
The first imagery from the INSAT-3A Charge Coupled Device(CCD) camera. This
was generated by combining the data received on April 17, 2003 in the
Visible, Near Infrared and Shortwave Infrared bands
