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GSAT-16
Indian communication satellite. GSAT-16 was launched on December 6, 2014 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-078ANORAD 40332India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GSAT-16
- International designator
- 2014-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40332
- GCAT identifier
- S40332
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/782
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GSAT I3K
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Platform (bus)
- I3K
Launch
- Date
- December 6, 2014 · 20:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-078Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,773 km
- Apogee
- 35,798 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,180 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 15.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17019715 (CC0).