MEGHA TROPIQUES-1 - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
News: Why
ISRO brought a satellite back into Earth’s atmosphere
What's in the news?
● The
Indian Space Research Organization brought down a satellite in a controlled
manner after its end of life, for the first time earlier this week.
Key takeaways:
● The
weather satellite Megha Tropiques-1, which was developed as a joint mission by Indian and French space
agencies, entered the atmosphere after the final two maneuvers and burnt up
over the Pacific Ocean.
Megha Tropiques-1:
● Megha-Tropiques-1
was developed as a joint mission by India and France to study the tropics, water cycle and energy exchanges.
● Like
many others developed by the ISRO, the satellite worked for over a decade,
providing valuable data for climate models.
● The
1,000-kg satellite was launched in 2011 with a mission life of three years.