India launches weather satellite

An Ariane 5 rocket takes off at the French and European spaceport Guiana Space Centre, near Kourou in French Guiana, on July 25, 2013. The rocket carried two satellites; Alphasat, a telecommunication satellite, and INSAT-3D, a meteorological satellite. AFP

 India today successfully launched its advanced meteorological spacecraft INSAT-3D using a European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana. The launch has enhanced the country's capability in weather forecasting and disaster warning fields. 

INSAT-3D will add a new dimension to weather monitoring through its atmospheric sounding system, which provides vertical profiles of temperature, humidity and integrated ozone from surface to top of the atmosphere.

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