Thursday, September 3, 1992

Insat 1C

 1988-063A


The third Insat was launched in Jul 1988 on an Ariane 3. A month after launch, a power system failure crippled half of the C-band payload transponders and the two S-band transponders. The meteo imager and data relay operated until late 1989.


Insat 1C 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Jul 21  2312:03  Launch by Ariane 3 V24  CSG ELA1 
  T+0:07 PAP burn 
  T+0:40 PAP sep 
  T+2:23 St 1 sep 
  T+2:26 Stage 2 burn 
  T+3:49 Fairing 
  T+4:29 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:34 St 2 sep 
 2316  T+4:39 Stage 3 burn 
 2328:38 T+16:35 St 3 MECO 
  T+17:56? spinup 
 2331:15 T+19:12 Insat sep 638.6 282 x 36089 x 7.3 
 2333:34 T+21:31 Sylda 4400 upper section sep 
 2333:39 T+21:36 ECS sep 
1988 Jul 22  0500?  Apo 1 
 1000? Peri 1 
 1600? Apo 2 
 2100? Peri 2 
1988 Jul 23  0200? Apo 3 over 128E, LAM-1? 
1988 Jul 24 LAM burn? 
1988 Jul 29  1445.65 35958 x 35988 x 0.2 GEO 103.E+2.4W 
1988 Aug 6    1440.13 35758 x 35973 x 0.2 GEO 86E-1/d 
1988 Aug 8    1434.8 35707 x 35816 x0.2 GEO 93E+0.3/d 
1988 Aug   Power systems partially failed 
1988 Aug 16    1436.15 35763 x 35811 x 0.1 GEO 93.5E 
1988 Oct 16    1436.17 35764 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 93.2E 

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