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INSAT-1B
Indian communications and meteorology satellite. INSAT-1B was launched on August 30, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-089BNORAD 14318India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 1B
- Common name
- INSAT-1B
- International designator
- 1983-089B
- NORAD catalog number
- 14318
- GCAT identifier
- S14318
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/091
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
- August 30, 1983 · 06:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-089Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 1993
- End of operations
- August 1993
Size
- Mass
- 1,194 kg
- Dry mass
- 550 kg
- Length
- 2.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 19.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13115909 (CC0).