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INSAT-3A launch on April 9

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI April 1. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) multipurpose satellite, INSAT-3A, is scheduled for launch by an Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace in the early hours of April 9 (IST), from Kourou in French Guyana, the ISRO said today. The 2,950 kg satellite is for providing telecommunication, television broadcasting, meteorology and satellite-aided search and rescue services. It carries 12 C-band, six upper extended C-band, six Ku-band and one search and rescue transponders. The meteorological instruments include a Very High Resolution Radiometer, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera and a data relay transponder.

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