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INSAT-3B
26108. INSAT-3B was launched on March 21, 2000 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-016BNORAD 26108India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 3B
- Common name
- INSAT-3B
- International designator
- 2000-016B
- NORAD catalog number
- 26108
- GCAT identifier
- S26108
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/394
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 3
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- March 21, 2000 · 23:28 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-016Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,743 km
- Apogee
- 35,829 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2006
- End of operations
- February 2011
Size
- Mass
- 2,070 kg
- Dry mass
- 970 kg
- Length
- 1.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 14.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13115915 (CC0).