Insat 3B

 2000-016B

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Launch by Ariane 5 in 2000; the first of the new Insat 3 series. Mass 2070 kg launch 970 kg dry, 1.9 x 1.7 x 1.7 m with 14.7m span.. Data, telephone and broadcast services for India. Control from Insat MCF, Hassan.

The Ariane 5 EPC has an apogee around 200 km and reenters over the Galapagos.

Insat 3B was colocated with Insat 2E at 83E.

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Insat-3B in ground test

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Insat 3B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Mar 21	2328:30	Launch by Ariane 5	CSG ELA3
		T+7s liftoff
		T+2:25 EAP sep
		T+3:19 Fairing sep
	2338	T+9:51 MECO
	2338	T+9:57 sep	26 x 1200? x 7.0
			45 x 1368 x 7.7
		T+10:04 EPS burn
		T+26:42 EPS MECO	674 x 35479 x 7.05
	2355	T+27:57 Asiastar sep
	2359	T+31:08 SYLDA-5 sep
2000 Mar 22	0002	T+34:39 Insat 3B sep	638.23 583 x 35771 x 7.0
	0050?	EPC impact Pacific
2000 Mar		LAM-1
2000 Mar 24			1337.62 32011 x 35660 x 0.3
2000 Mar 24	1750?	LAM-2	1414.88 32624 x 38116 x 0.2
2000 Mar 26	0624	LAM-3 3:09	1425.16 35507 x 35637 x 0.1 GEO 73.7E+2.7/d
2000 Mar 27		Solar array deployment
2000 Apr 16			1436.07 35740 x 35831 x 0.0 GEO 83.0E
2000 May 26			1436.12 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 83.0E
2004 Feb 14			1436.10 35759 x 35813 x 0.1 GEO 83.0E
2006 Jul 31			1436.11 35764 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 83.0E
2011 Feb 21			1436.10 35756 x 35816 x 0.1 GEO 83.0E