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Satellite Programme:
Indian National Satellite - 2
Programme details
Programme description
Series of 5 operational satellites in geostationary orbit, mainly addressing telecommunications, with hosted meteorological instruments (not on INSAT-2C).
Follow-on of the INSAT-1 series. Main improvement (apart from tlc): introduction of the S&R mission.
Indian programme: ISRO responsible of development and operations.
Platforms actively stabilised over 3 axes.
Design lifetime: 7 years.
Two geostationary positions, around 74°E and 93°E.
Replacement policy: two satellites at any time, in the two nominal positions; launches in each position at roughly 5-year intervals.
See detailed description at https://directory.eoportal.org/missions/insat-2 .
Data circulation
Real-time data downlink to the ISRO mission operation centre.
Data from the meteorological instruments acquired, processed and disseminated by IMD.
Agencies
ISRO
Programme lifetime
1992 - 2012
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
Indian National Satellite - 2
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .