NORAD 19330
INSAT 1C
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 19330
- International designator
- 1988-063A
- Launch date
- Jul 21, 1988
- Launch site
- FRENCH GUIANA
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-27 03:19:01 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 11.2° from the equator, between 35,746 and 35,830 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About INSAT 1C
INSAT 1C is a satellite from India, launched on Jul 21, 1988 from French Guiana.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 58°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
INSAT-1C · 19330
- Operated by
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Built by
- Ford Aerospace
- Mass
- 1,190 kg
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 35,762 km to 35,765 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.