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INSAT 2R (ARABSAT 1C)

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.3 hours, on an orbit tilted 14.5° from the equator, between 36,069 and 36,419 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About INSAT 2R (ARABSAT 1C)

INSAT 2R (ARABSAT 1C) is a satellite from India, launched on Feb 26, 1992 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 162°W, 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-2DT · decommissioned Indian geostationary communications satellite, formerly operated by Saudi Arabia

Operated by
Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Indian Space Research Organisation
Built by
Aérospatiale, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Mass
1,360 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 25 days its lowest point went from 36,109 km to 36,103 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
36,10036,20036,300

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.