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GSAT-7
Indian military communications satellite. GSAT-7 was launched on August 29, 2013 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2013-044BNORAD 39234India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GSAT-7
- Payload designation
- INAV 1
- Other names
- Insat 4F
- International designator
- 2013-044B
- NORAD catalog number
- 39234
- GCAT identifier
- S39234
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/698
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Insat 4
- Owner
- IN ACNS(CSNCO)
- Country
- India
- Builder
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Platform (bus)
- I4K?
Launch
- Date
- August 29, 2013 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-044Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,471 km
- Apogee
- 35,799 km
- Inclination
- 0.22°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 11, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,650 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 12.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13112185 (CC0).