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INSAT-2C
23731. INSAT-2C was launched on December 6, 1995 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1995-067BNORAD 23731India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 2C
- Common name
- INSAT-2C
- International designator
- 1995-067B
- NORAD catalog number
- 23731
- GCAT identifier
- S23731
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/302
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 2
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- December 6, 1995 · 23:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 1995-067Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,756 km
- Apogee
- 35,805 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jul 28, 2003
- End of operations
- Jul 28, 2003
Size
- Mass
- 2,050 kg
- Dry mass
- 980 kg
- Length
- 2.7 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 14.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14914818 (CC0).