Weather
INSAT-2D
NonoperationalWeatherGEONORAD 24820
INSAT-2D is a India weather satellite, launched on June 3, 1997 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 3, 1997 at 11:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,941 km
- Periapsis
- 33,189 km
- Inclination
- 12.7°
- Orbital period
- 1374.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- India
- Launch mass
- 2,060.46 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.93 × 2.99 × 2.99 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-027B
- NORAD catalog №
- 24820
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
India- Radar cross-section
- 6.3095 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational