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Insat 1C



General


Designation 19330 / 88063A
Launch date 21 Jul 1988
Country of origin India
Mission Telecommunications and meteorology
Geostationary orbit 93.5°E
Launch vehicle Ariane V24

It had difficulties to deloy its solar array. After a power failure, only half its payload was functional.
Insurance paid $72 million for the failure

End of life


Out of service 22 Nov 1989
Cause Earth lock lost

Technical data


Specifications
S-band
C-band
Payload

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