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- Spacecraft Brief Description The Insat-1 satellite program incorporated two three-axis stabilized spacecraft in geostationary orbit (Insat-1A at 74 degrees E and Insat-1B at 94 degrees E) with a host of ground stations throughout India. The Insat-1A satellite, built by the Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation, was designed to provide combined telecommunications, direct TV broadcast, and meteorological service to India's civilian community over a 7-year-in-orbit lifespan. The telecommunications package provided two-way, long distance telephone circuits and direct radio and TV broadcasting to the remotest areas of India. The meteorology package was composed of a scanning very-high-resolution, two-channel radiometer (VHRR) to provide full-frame, full-earth coverage every 30 minutes. The visual channel (0.55-0.75 micrometer) had a 2.75-km resolution while the IR channel (10.5-12.5 micrometers) had an 11-km resolution. Using the Insat TV capability, early warnings of impending disasters (i.e., floods, storms, etc.) could directly reach the civilian population, even in remote areas. The Insat-1A also had a data channel for relaying meteorological, hydrological, and oceanographic data from unattended land-based or ocean-based data collection and transmission platforms. *Insat-1A was abandoned in September 1983 when its attitude control propellant was exhausted* Auxiliary Information Launch Date and Time : 1982-04-10 06:47:00 Epoch Date and Time : 1982-04-11 Orbit Type : Geocentric Apogee(km) : 35784. Perigee(km) : 225. Inclination : 28.1 Date of last update : 1998-10-07 More information about the INSAT Satellite Series is available at: "http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-satellite3.html"
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: INSAT-1A Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: INSAT (Indian National Satellite) Short_Name: INSAT-1A Long_Name: Indian National Satellite-1A End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: INSAT-1A End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: VHRR End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 28.1 Perigee: 225 km Apogee: 35784 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-04 Online_Resource: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-satellite3.html Sample_Image: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/Images/Insat-1A.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1982-04-10 Primary_Sponsor: India End_Group End_Group
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