ISRO has launched the EOS-06(Oceansat-3) satellite on 26 Nov 2022 in a polar sun-synchronous orbit at 740km altitude. EOS-06(Oceansat-3) is the third-generation satellite in the Oceansat series. This is to provide continuity services of Oceansat-2 spacecraft with enhanced payload specifications as well as application areas.
EOS-06(Oceansat-3) has three main instruments, 13-band advanced Ocean Colour Monitor, Ku-band Scatterometer and a 2-channel Sea Surface Temperature Monitor. ARGOS is the fourth provided by French Space Agency (CNES). Unfortunately, the SSTM developed a technical problem in scan mechanism and therefore, not in operation at present.
Payloads on EOS-06(Oceansat-3) are :
• Ku-band Scatterometer (SCAT-3)
• 13-band Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM-3)
• 2-band Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM)
• ARGOS by CNES French Space Agency
Applications planned using EOS-06(Oceansat-3) datasets are as follows :
- Marine Resource Management
- Carbon & Nitrogen Cycling in Ocean
- Phytoplankton biodiversity
- Zooplankton & secondary pro
- Algal bloom detection and monitoring
- Climate change studies
- Phytoplankton physiology
- Atmosphere-Ocean processes and biological productivity
- Sediment dynamics & fluvial fluxes in coastal ocean
- Submarine applications
- Biogeochemical modelling
- Air quality dynamics from Oceansat -3
- Coral reef ecosystem studies
- Land surface NDVI/LST
- Cryospheric Science
- Assimilation of ocean surface winds in NWP models
- Monsoon onset
- Cyclogenesis, track prediction, intensification
- Studies of ocean surface waves
- Modeling surface currents
- Assimilation of winds in coupled ocean circulations models,
- Winds and its effect on oceanic mixed layer
- Air-sea interactions
- Large-scale soil moisture estimation
- Vegetation classifications and their growth assessment.