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INSAT-3DR — India's always-watching weather satellite

INSAT-3DR geostationary weather imager
atmosphere ISRO/IMD ISRO MOSDAC active
In plain English

What it measures. Continuous images of clouds, storms, water vapour and surface temperature over the Indian region from a fixed point 36,000 km up — every few minutes.

How it's made. An ISRO geostationary satellite with an imager and atmospheric sounder, the Indian equivalent of the US GOES.

How & where you'd use it. The live feed behind IMD's weather forecasts, cyclone tracking and nowcasting of severe storms. Via ISRO MOSDAC (registration).

What's measured

weathergeostationarycloudstormISROIMDatmospheretemperaturecyclone

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2016-09-08 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent68, 6, 98, 37

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

India's geostationary weather satellite — continuous imagery and atmospheric soundings (like a GOES for the Indian region) feeding IMD forecasts and cyclone watch. Via ISRO MOSDAC (registration).

Get the data

insat-3dr_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="insat-3dr",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ISRO MOSDAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.