Weather
INSAT-1B
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
INSAT-1B is a India weather satellite, launched on August 30, 1983 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 30, 1983 at 06:32 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
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- Operator
- Rockwell International
- Mission
- STS-8
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,854 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 11.17°
- Orbital period
- 1437.61 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 644.2 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1983-089B
- NORAD catalog №
- 14318
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 3.9811 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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