INSAT-3E

**INSAT 3E**
Spacecraft Design	ISRO
Orbital location	55° EAST (0°N 55°E / 0°N +55°E)
Orbit	GEO
Launch Date	September 28, 2003
Vehicle	Ariane-5G
Design Life	15 years
Model (bus)	Insat-2/-3
Dimensions	2.0 m x 1.77 m x 2.8 m
Power Consumption	2,400 W
Transponder	24 C-Band & 12 Extended C-Band

INSAT 3E is a communication satellite built by Indian Space Research Organisation. It was launched on September 28, 2003 from the European Space Agency's spaceport in French Guiana on board the Ariane rocket. The satellite had a launch mass of 2750 kilograms. It is the 4th satellite launched in the INSAT-3 series of ISRO.It is designed for providing high-speed communication, Television, VSAT & Tele-education services and is an important landmark in Indian Space Programme.

Launch

INSAT 3E was launched from Kourou, French Guyana on September 28, 2003 on European consortium Ariane space's Ariane 5-V162 launcher along with two other satellites viz. Eurobird 3 of Eutelsat and SMART-1 of European Space Agency at at 4.44 am IST.It was placed into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) 30 minutes after the lift-off, in 3-axis stabilised mode, with a perigee of 649 km and an apogee of 35,923 km and an inclination of 7 deg. with respect to the equator. Its Master Control Facility(MCF) is at Hassan,Karnataka(India).

Payload

INSAT 3E payload comprise of C-band and extended C-band tranponders. It has 24 C-band transponders, having India beam coverage providing an Edge Of Coverage-Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EOC-EIRP) of 38.5 dBW and 12 upper extended C-band transponders having India beam coverage providing an EOC-EIRP of 38 dBW.

Services

Television
VSAT
Communication
Tele-education providing education to the poor and needy
Tele-medicine administering medical services from the metros to villages & remote areas

External links

References

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[1] ttp://asia.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12658

[2] ttp://www.flysat.com/insat83.php

[3] ttp://www.hindu.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300981300.htm

[4] ttp://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/insat-3e.htm

[5] ttp://www.satbeams.com/satellites?norad=27951

[6] ttp://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=25015

[7] ttp://www.tracksat.com/satellite11.html

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v t e ← 2002 Orbital launches in 2003 2004 →
January	Coriolis ICESat, CHIPSat STS-107 (SpaceHab RDM, EDO) SORCE USA-166, XSS-10
February	Progress M-47 Intelsat 907
March	USA-167 IGS-1A, IGS-1B USA-168
April	Molniya-1 No.92 USA-169 INSAT-3A, Galaxy 12 AsiaSat-4 Kosmos 2397 Soyuz TMA-2 GALEX
May	GSAT-2 Hayabusa (Minerva) Hellas Sat 2 Beidou 1C
June	Mars Express (Beagle 2) Kosmos 2398 AMC-9 Progress M1-10 Thuraya 2 Spirit Optus and Defence C1, BSAT-2c Molniya-3 No.53 Orbview-3 Monitor-E GVM, MIMOSA, DTUSat, MOST, Cute-I, QuakeSat, AAU-Cubesat, CanX-1, Cubesat XI-IV
July	Opportunity Rainbow 1
August	EchoStar IX Kosmos 2399 SCISAT-1 Kosmos 2400, Kosmos 2401 Spitzer Progress M-48 USA-170
September	USA-171 / Orion 5 UK-DMC, BILSAT-1, STSat-1 e-Bird, INSAT-3E, SMART-1
October	Galaxy 13/Horizons-1 Shenzhou 5 Resourcesat-1 Soyuz TMA-3 USA-172 CBERS-2, Chuang Xin 1 SERVIS-1
November	FSW-3 1 Shen Tong 1 Yamal-201, Yamal-202 IGS-2A, IGS-2B
December	USA-173 Gruzomaket Kosmos 2402, Kosmos 2403, Kosmos 2404 USA-174 USA-175 Amos-2 Ekspress AM22 Tan Ce 1
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).