Weather
INSAT-3C
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
INSAT-3C is a India weather satellite, launched on January 23, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 23, 2002 at 11:46 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Insat 3C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,109 km
- Periapsis
- 36,015 km
- Inclination
- 8.44°
- Orbital period
- 1450.19 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 2,750 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-002A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27298
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 8.9433 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational