It will have two payloads- a 6-channel Imager and a 19 –channel Sounder ALMOST SIMILAR to GOES satellites of USA. It will also have a Data Relay Transponder (DRT) similar to Kalpana-1 and INSAT-3A.

UNLIKE PREVIOUS geostationary meteorological satellites launched by India, this satellite will permit programmable scanning of a special sector, with defined N-S and E-W coordinates. Scanning will also be faster and the data will be at a higher resolution as compared to the currently operational satellites. So the geophysical products derived during the scanning will be more accurate and of higher resolution.

It will have two payloads- a 6-channel Imager and a 19 –channel Sounder almost similar to GOES satellites of USA. It will also have a Data Relay Transponder (DRT) similar to Kalpana-1 and INSAT-3A.

Unlike previous geostationary meteorological satellites launched by India, this satellite will permit programmable scanning of a special sector, with defined N-S and E-W coordinates. Scanning will also be faster and the data will be at a higher resolution as compared to the currently operational satellites. So the geophysical products derived during the scanning will be more accurate and of higher resolution.