Tuesday, July 30, 1996

Insat 1B

 1983-089B


The second Insat was launched with a PAM-D from the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8. The satellite was replaced by Insat 1D in 1990 and retired in 1993 after the launch of Insat 2B.


Insat 1B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Aug 30  0632:00  Launch  LC39A 
 0634:05  SRB sep, 46.4 km 
 0640:42  MECO, 110.0 km 
1983 Aug 31  0748:54  Insat 1 deploy from OV-099  
 0749 Hit by small fragment secs after deploy 
 0833:54?  PAM-D burn 1:25 
 0835:19?  PAM-D burnout 
 0911  PAM-D sep 
 0941  Solar array deploy? 
  Solar panels failed to deploy 
   686.1 295 x 38940 x 25.0 
1983 Sep 1    659.31 288 x 37141 x 24.3 
1983 Sep 1  1246 LAM-1 25:42 808.07 7615 x 37104 x 10.5 
1983 Sep 2  1430 LAM-2 24:45 
1983 Sep 2    1412.1 33429 x 37158 x 0.5 
1983 Sep 7    1430.9 34084 x 37291 x 0 
1983 Sep 9    1416.35 33556 x 37242 x 0.5 
1983 Sep 10   Solar panels deployed 
1983 Nov 14   On station  1436.08 35782 x 35798 x 0 GEO 74.1E 
1984 Mar 26    1436.17 35767 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 73.9E 
1987 Mar 3    1436.18 35752 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 73.8E 
1989 Sep 11    1436.09 35742 x 35830x 0.1 GEO 74.0E 
1990 Jul 17   Moved to spare status 
1991 Jan 30    1436.10 35769 x 35804 x 1.3 GEO 73.9E 
1992 Mar 4    1435.96 35769 x 35798 x 2.3 GEO 74.7E 
1992 Apr 8   mv out 1435.07 35739 x 35794 x 2.4 GEO 87.2E+0.25E 
1992 May 30   mv in 1436.13 35765 x 35808 x 2.5 GEO 93.5E 
1992 Dec 14    1436.12 35760 x 35813 x 3.0 GEO 93.6E 
1993 Jul 29    1436.16 35761 x 35814 x 3.5 GEO 93.4E 
1993 Aug 3?  orbit raise, retired 
1993 Aug 9    1437.63 35802 x 35830 x 3.5 GEO 90.7E+0.4W 

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