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GSAT-17
Indian telecommunication satellite. GSAT-17 was launched on June 28, 2017 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-040BNORAD 42815India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GSAT-17
- International designator
- 2017-040B
- NORAD catalog number
- 42815
- GCAT identifier
- S42815
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/820
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- GSAT I3K
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Platform (bus)
- I3K
Launch
- Date
- June 28, 2017 · 21:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-040Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,762 km
- Apogee
- 35,810 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,477 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,400 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 20.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18480132 (CC0).