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... Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=INSAT%201B Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle The INSAT 1B was the second spacecraft in the first generation Indian National ... .e., floods, storms, etc.) can directly reach the civilian population, even in remote areas. The INSAT 1B also had a data channel for relaying meteorological, hydrological, and oceanographic data from unattended ...

... -high-frequency communications instruments, a secure payload-control system, antijamming capabilities, and multiple spot beams. Insat 4B carried 12 Ku-band transponders to reach homes and businesses throughout India, as well as ... from the Middle East to Southeast Asia. Insat 4B was the second Insat-4 craft to reach orbit successfully. Insat 4A had successfully launched in 2005, but Insat 4C ’s launch vehicle had exploded in ...

... by Ford Aerospace to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) specifications and launched from Cape Canaveral , INSAT was the first operational spacecraft equipped for telecommunications, direct-broadcast television, and weather. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government had planned to use INSAT to broadcast the Asian Games scheduled for New Delhi. ISRO was reported "caught off guard ...

... it toward the Sun. But ISRO also announced September 9 that "an unidentified object" struck INSAT 1B only seconds after its release from Challenger ; an object about eight inches across that ... the Shuttle hit the satellite 23 seconds after separation. Study of a videotape shot during INSAT development ruled out origin of the object in Challenger 's cargo bay. Experts said that this was the first spacecraft to be hit in space by a stray object. INSAT reached the correct geostationary orbit 19 days after launch and was to be operational by ...

... by NASA of two India communications satellites/metesats. In geosynchronous orbit, India's national satellites (INSAT) 1A and 1B would provide the subcontinent with point-to-point television and voice, community ... geosynchronous stations. NASA through KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC would provide all other launch-related services. INSAT 1A was scheduled for Shuttle launch in August 1983, or on a Delta in February ...

... agreement covering the reimbursable launch of the Indian National Satellite, INSAT 1C, scheduled for mid-1986 aboard the Space Shuttle . INSAT 1C was a multipurpose satellite that would provide communications and meteorological ... ISRO scientist/engineer would serve as a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle during the INSAT 1C mission. Discussions were also held concerning experiments the Indian payload specialist would perform during ...

... 's Galaxy 12 commercial telecommunications satellite and the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) INSAT 3A satellite. The Ariane 5G standard version was the first launch of an Ariane rocket ... 72º west. The 3-tonne (3.3-ton, 3,000-kilogram, or 6,614-pound) INSAT 3A geostationary communications and weather-monitoring satellite carried 12 C-band, 6 extended C-band ... India from its position at longitude 93.5º east. The ISRO satellite carried the typical INSAT package of visual, infrared, and water-vapor band sensors to monitor clouds and storms, as ...

... launch and a night landing because of the orbital requirements of the Indian satellite called INSAT 1-B. This was a weather and communication satellite with a Payload Assist Module (PAM ... responsible for operating the arm with the PFTA, while I was responsible for deploying the INSAT-1B satellite. In addition to the PFTA/RMS, the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES) was ... of my planned activities were accomplished in the first several days. We successfully deployed the INSAT-1B satellite on flight day one. Forty-five minutes after deploying the satellite, we ignited ...

... _space_ride.html (accessed 28 January 2009). The U.S. Air Force launched a Titan 4B rocket with a Centaur upper stage carrying USA 171, an Orion classified satellite serving the ... .nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx599.html (accessed 3 February 2009); Associated Press, “Air Force Launches Titan 4B Rocket Carrying Secret Military Payload,” 9 September 2003; Chris Kridler, “Titan Carries Spy Satellite into ...

... 102 (VF-102) from December 1960 to February 1964, flying the Skyray and the F-4B Phantom II, and he saw duty aboard the USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) and the USS ... . He has gained flying proficiency in the T-33B Shootingstar, T-38 A Talon, F-4B Phantom II, F-6A Skyray, F-11 Tiger, TF-9J Cougar, T-1 Seastar, and ...

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