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INSAT-4E
Indian communication satellite. INSAT-4E was launched on August 27, 2015 aboard a GSLV Mk II from Sriharikota. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-041ANORAD 40880India
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- GSAT-6
- Common name
- INSAT-4E
- Payload designation
- Insat 4E
- International designator
- 2015-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40880
- GCAT identifier
- S40880
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Insat 4
- Owner
- ISRO
- Country
- India
- Builder
- ISRO Satellite Center
- Platform (bus)
- I2K
Launch
- Date
- August 27, 2015 · 11:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-041Success
- Rocket
- GSLV Mk II
- Spaceport
- Sriharikota · pad SLP
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,745 km
- Apogee
- 35,827 km
- Inclination
- 1.07°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,117 kg
- Dry mass
- 985 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,217 kg
- Length
- 3.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 9.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5972416 (CC0).