INSAT-1A photograph

INSAT-1A

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Launch dateApril 10, 1982, 9:47 AM GMT+3
Orbit height35,786 km
Inclination14. 59°
Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
ManufacturersFord Aerospace
Perigee altitude35,734 kilometres (22,204 mi)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2097272
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About INSAT-1A


INSAT-1A was an Indian communications satellite which formed part of the Indian National Satellite System. Launched in 1982, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 74° east. Following a series of failures, the satellite was abandoned in September 1983, less than 18 months into a seven-year mission.

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