Payload
GSAT-8
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 37605
GSAT-8 is a Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) payload satellite, launched on May 20, 2011 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 20, 2011 at 08:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ST-2 & INSAT-4G/GSAT-8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 2.12°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,090 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,426 kg
- Power
- 6,250 W
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Dimensions
- 4.1 × 2.3 × 2.3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37605
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 6.3096 m²
- Status
- Operational
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