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INSAT-3A
Communications satellite. INSAT-3A was launched on April 9, 2003 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-013ANORAD 27714India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 3A
- Common name
- INSAT-3A
- International designator
- 2003-013A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27714
- GCAT identifier
- S27714
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/426
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 3
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- April 9, 2003 · 22:52 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-013Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 14, 2016
- End of operations
- Nov 14, 2016
Size
- Mass
- 2,950 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,350 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 24.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1536999 (CC0).