Payload
GSAT-18
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GSAT-18 is a Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) payload satellite, launched on October 5, 2016 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 5, 2016 at 08:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,810 km
- Periapsis
- 35,764 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,404 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-060A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41793
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- Operational
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