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Mission type | Communications Technology |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2001-015A |
SATCAT no. | 26745 |
Mission duration | Failed to reach orbit |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | I-2K |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 1,540 kilograms (3,400 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 April 2001, 10:13 | UTC
Rocket | GSLV Mk.I |
Launch site | Shiharikota FLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Medium Earth Geostationary planned |
Longitude | 73° west (2000) 99° west (2000–2006) 76.85° west (2006–2009) |
Perigee altitude | 33,800 kilometres (21,000 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 35,725 kilometres (22,198 mi) |
Inclination | 0.9 degrees |
Period | 1384.09 minutes |
Epoch | 25 April 2001[1] |
Transponders | |
Band | 3 C-band 2 S-band |
GSAT-1 was an experimental communications satellite launched aboard the maiden flight of the GSLV rocket. The spacecraft was equipped with instrumentation to test Pulse-code modulation (PCM) transmitting on S-band frequencies and transponders operating in the C-band.[2] The spacecraft was unable to complete its mission after a launch failure left it in a lower than planned orbit and propulsion issues prevented the satellite from correcting this via its own maneuvering system.