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INSAT-1A
Indian communications and meteorology satellite. INSAT-1A was launched on April 10, 1982 aboard a Delta 3910/PAM from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1982-031ANORAD 13129India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 1A
- Common name
- INSAT-1A
- International designator
- 1982-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 13129
- GCAT identifier
- S13129
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.391
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 1
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto
- Platform (bus)
- Insat
Launch
- Date
- April 10, 1982 · 06:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1982-031Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3910/PAM
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,393 km
- Apogee
- 36,176 km
- Inclination
- 0.37°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 4, 1982
- End of operations
- Sep 4, 1982
Size
- Mass
- 1,149 kg
- Dry mass
- 519 kg
- Length
- 2.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 19.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13115907 (CC0).