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Ariane 42L: Insat 3C

Indian National Satellite (Insat) is a multipurpose space system for communication, broadcasting and meteorological services. Insat-3C, carrying Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) transponders, Broadcast Satellite Services (BSS) transponders and Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) transponders is intended to continue the services of Insat-2DT and Insat-2C which are nearing their end of life besides improving and augmenting the Insat system capacity. Insat-3C is the second satellite of the Insat-3 series.

Wednesday, 23 January 2002
Ariane 42L: Insat 3C

Mission Data

Arianespace
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleAriane 42L
Vehicle FamilyAriane
Vehicle Record13 of 13 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)
Success Streak16 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch PadAriane Launch Area 2
LocationGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana GUF
Orbital Launches This Year#2
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad119
Launches From This Site336
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Ariane 42L

The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

Launch Site

Ariane Launch Area 2 · 5.2320°N 52.7782°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.