India has paid a huge price for devastated floods in Uttarakhand. In order to prevent any such activity in future, the country has successfully launched its weather monitoring satellite.

The satellite known as INSAT - 3D has a number of features in which indicating about storms, search and rescue capabilities are present among other features. Development of the satellite that is around 2060-kg has cost India about Rs. 700 crores.

It is said that the satellite will be just focussing on weather pattern of India. This factor will increase the accuracy rate of the satellite. The satellite was launched from French space port at Kourou in French Guyana in South America.

Experts were of the view that if the satellite would have been active earlier then situation that had taken place in Uttarakhand could have been prevented. It is said to India's second meteorology satellite, which is advanced that the prior one.

A number of new things have been added in the satellite like an imager, rescue component and a search component. It has been found that the satellite is having a space life of seven years. Great work is expected from the satellite, which is said to take weather monitoring level of the country to another level.