Megha-Tropiques satellite launch using India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV C-18]

Megha-Tropiques satellite has been jointly developed & built by the India Space Research Organisation [ISRO] & the French Centre National d'Études Spatiales to study rainfall, in general, & water cycle, in particular.

The other piggyback satellite payloads that were also successfully launched in this mission included Vesselsat-1, SRMSat & Jugnu

The launch took place at 1100 hrs IST from the Shriharikota Spaceport in India on October 12 2011 using India's indigenous satellite launcher, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV C-18].


Centre National d'Études Spatiales [CNES]

http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/7114-home-cnes.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNES


Indian Space Research Organisation [ISRO]

http://www.isro.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISRO


Megha-Tropiques

http://meghatropiques.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/
http://smsc.cnes.fr/MEGHAT/


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• CNES
• water cycle
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• Sriharikota
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• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
• Jugnu
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[KarthikSoun]

good work as usual..

[m1y2sti3cal]

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