Insat 1C

Launch data: Designation: 19330 / 88063A Launch date 21 Jul 1988 - 23:12 UT Launch site: Ko, ELA1 Launch vehicle: Ariane-3 (V-24 Mission: Telecommunications and meteorology Geostationary orbit on: Perigee / Apogee   km Eccentricity   Inclination   deg Period   min Location 93.5°E

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Mission details:

• The Insat-1C satellite was launched on 21 July 1988 from Kourou for location at 93.5°E to bring the Insat system up to full capacity. Half of the 12 C-band transponders and its two S-band transponders were lost when a power system failure knocked out one of the two buses, but the meteorological earth images and its data collection systems were both fully operational.
• It had difficulties to deloy its solar array. After a power failure, only half its payload was functional.
  Insurance paid $72 million for the failure>

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou. Credit: #410

Tracking station cancel. Credit: #411