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INSAT-3C
27298. INSAT-3C was launched on January 23, 2002 aboard a Ariane 42L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-002ANORAD 27298India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 3C
- Common name
- INSAT-3C
- International designator
- 2002-002A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27298
- GCAT identifier
- S27298
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/413
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 3
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- January 23, 2002 · 23:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-002Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 42L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.10°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2017
- End of operations
- July 2017
Size
- Mass
- 2,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,050 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 15.4 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5972405 (CC0).