Weather
INSAT-2A
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
INSAT-2A is a India weather satellite, launched on July 9, 1992 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 9, 1992 at 10:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Insat 2A & Eutelsat-2 F4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,833 km
- Periapsis
- 35,759 km
- Inclination
- 14.49°
- Orbital period
- 1436.6 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 1,151.64 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1992-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22027
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 1.9952 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational