INSAT 3D

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INSAT 3D is classified as:

NORAD ID: 39216

Int'l Code: 2013-038B

Perigee: 35,784.6 km

Apogee: 35,805.6 km

Inclination: 0.5 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42166 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: July 25, 2013
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

INSAT 3D is an indian meteorological satellite launched aboard the Ariane 5 ECA weighting 2,120 kilograms at launch and is designed to operate for seven years from 82 degrees east in geostationary orbit. The satellite carries a six-channel imager and a 19-channel sounder instrument, with the latter designed to take vertical profiles of atmospheric humidity, temperature and ozone levels. Insat 3D also carries a search-and-rescue transponder to relay distress signals from maritime, aeronautical and terrestrial beacons to alert rescue centers.

1 39216U 13038B   24348.75118823 -.00000327  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 39216   0.4999  90.4017 0002491 171.8891 220.5367  1.00267074 41788

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC