ISRO brought down decomissioned weather satellite Megha-Tropiques-1

From time to time when satellites served their period of service in space and retired, they are brought down in order to minimize the amount of debris in the space.

From time to time when satellites served their period of service in space and retired, they are brought down in order to minimize the amount of debris in the space.

After the final two manoeuvres on Tuesday evening – firing four onboard thrusters for around 20 minutes each – the satellite entered the denser atmosphere and disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean.

ISRO-France design and developed Megha-Tropiques-1 satellite to study upon tropics water cycle and energy exchanges was launched in 2011 and was weighing 1000 kg’s . This satellite served over a decade and provided valuable data for climate models. 

“All manoeuvre plans were screened to ensure that there would be no post manoeuvre close approaches with other space objects, especially with the crewed space stations like International Space Stations and the Chinese Space Station,” as said by ISRO in press release.