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INSAT-2E
25666. INSAT-2E was launched on April 2, 1999 aboard a Ariane 42P from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-016ANORAD 25666India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 2E
- Common name
- INSAT-2E
- International designator
- 1999-016A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25666
- GCAT identifier
- S25666
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/357
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 2
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- April 2, 1999 · 22:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-016Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 42P
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,766 km
- Apogee
- 35,806 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2011
- End of operations
- Apr 20, 2012
Size
- Mass
- 2,550 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,146 kg
- Length
- 2.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.90 m
- Span
- 24.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5972401 (CC0).