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INSAT-3E
Defunct Satellite. INSAT-3E was launched on September 27, 2003 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-043ENORAD 27951India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Insat 3E
- Common name
- INSAT-3E
- International designator
- 2003-043E
- NORAD catalog number
- 27951
- GCAT identifier
- S27951
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/440
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Insat 3
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- September 27, 2003 · 23:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,759 km
- Apogee
- 35,812 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2014
- End of operations
- Mar 26, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 2,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,181 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 15.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5972415 (CC0).