Insat-4C
| Insat-4C | |
|---|---|
| Start date | July 10, 2006, 12:08 UTC |
| Launcher | GSLV Mk. 1 |
| Launch site | SHAR SLP |
| Takeoff mass | 2168 kg |
| Mass in orbit | 950 kg |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| model | Insat 4 |
| lifespan | ten years |
| operator | ISRO |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 12 Ku band |
| Transponder performance | 140 W |
| Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
| EIRP | 51.5 dBW |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 2870 W |
| position | |
| First position | - |
| Actual position | - |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Insat-4C was an Indian communications and general-purpose satellite that was to be used for broadcasting and telecommunications. The launch took place on 10 July 2006 with the Indian carrier rocket GLSV from the spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota. It would have been the second of seven Insat 4 series satellites in orbit. He was on 10 July 2006 on board a GSLV - launch vehicle started. As a result of the loss of pressure in one of the four boosters , the rocket had to be blown up.
On September 2, 2007, India launched the Insat-4CR replacement satellite . It is identical to the satellite that was lost a year earlier.
INSAT application
- Communications engineering
- TV, especially direct-to-home
- Search and rescue of people
- meteorology
- Radio network connection
Web links
- ISRO: Insat-4C (English)
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- ↑ Spaceflight Now: Indian rocket launch ends in failure soon after liftoff , July 10, 2006 (English)
- ↑ GSLV-F04 Launch Successful - Places INSAT-4CR in Orbit. (No longer available online.) ISRO, September 2, 2007, archived from the original on December 17, 2012 ; accessed on December 18, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
