Weather
INSAT-2C
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
INSAT-2C is a India weather satellite, launched on December 6, 1995 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 6, 1995 at 11:23 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Telecom 2C & Insat 2C
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,943 km
- Periapsis
- 35,906 km
- Inclination
- 14.3°
- Orbital period
- 1443.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 971.26 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1995-067B
- NORAD catalog №
- 23731
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 3.9811 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational