Sunday, January 22, 2017

Insat 3A

 2003-013A


Inast-3A was built by ISRO/Bangalore and launched in 2003 by Ariane 5, to be stationed at 93.5E. Mass 2958 kg launch 1350 kg dry, size 2.8 x 1.7 x 2.0 m with 24.4 m span, box + 1 panel + boom. Of 1603 kg prop, 505 kg left after LAM-3. During launch, Insat 3A is on top of a Sylda 5C and under a Medium fairing 5.8m high 4.6m dia.


Insat 3A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Apr 9 2252:19 T+0:07 Launch by Ariane 5G  CSG ELA3 
  T+2:21 EAP sep 
  T+3:10 Fairing sep 
 2301 T+9:56 EPC MECO 
 2302 T+10:02 EPC sep -41 x 1561 x 6.0  
 2302:28 T+10:09 EPS burn 
 2319 T+27:12 EPS MECO 
 2319 T+27:22 Insat 3A sep 
 2324 T+32:48 Sylda 5 sep 
 2330 T+38:43 Galaxy 12 sep 
  T+55:02 EPS depletion complete 
 2340  EPC apogee 1561 km 
2003 Apr 10  0023?  EPC entry 
2003 Apr 10    642.81 861 x 35726 x 2.0  
2003 Apr 11  1145LAM-1 
2003 Apr 11  0300   864.01 11483 x 35859 x 1.0 
2003 Apr 12  0630 LAM-2  32750 x 36000 x 0.1  
2003 Apr 14  0409  LAM-3 
2003 Apr 15   Deploy solar arrays and antennas 
2003 Apr 16   Deploy N solar sail/boom 
  In 3-axis mode 
2003 Apr 17   CCD camera on 
2003 Apr 18   VHR on 
2003 Apr 18    1432.13 35565 x 35851 x 0.0 
2003 May 13    1436.14 35772 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 93.5E 
2004 Feb 14    1436.15 35773 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 93.5E 
2006 Aug 8    1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 93.5E 
2016 Nov 12    1436.11 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 93.6E

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