INSAT-1A

Summary

INSAT-1A is a communications satellite^[1]. INSAT-1A ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• INSAT-1A is in the country of India^[3].
• INSAT-1A's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• INSAT-1A's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[5].
• INSAT-1A's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[6].
• INSAT-1A's owned by is recorded as Indian Space Research Organisation^[7].
• INSAT-1A's operator is recorded as Indian Space Research Organisation^[8].
• INSAT-1A's manufacturer is recorded as Ford Aerospace^[9].
• INSAT-1A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1982-031A^[10].
• INSAT-1A's part of is recorded as Indian National Satellite System^[11].
• INSAT-1A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 3000^[12].
• INSAT-1A's SCN is recorded as 13129^[13].
• INSAT-1A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[14].
• INSAT-1A's powered by is recorded as R-4D^[15].
• INSAT-1A's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[16].
• INSAT-1A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1982-04-10T00:00:00Z^[17].
• INSAT-1A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0z6v0py^[18].
• INSAT-1A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[19].
• INSAT-1A's space tug is recorded as PAM-D^[20].
• INSAT-1A's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17^[21].
• INSAT-1A's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.18'}^[22].
• INSAT-1A's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.42'}^[23].
• INSAT-1A's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.55'}^[24].
• INSAT-1A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1152'}^[25].

Why It Matters

INSAT-1A ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).^[2] INSAT-1A is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]