Geostationary
INSAT-3DR
Geostationary Weather · ISRO
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India's advanced geostationary weather satellite doubling coverage over the Indian Ocean with 6-channel imaging and 19-channel sounding. INSAT-3DR's early warning data directly feeds India's cyclone evacuation programs — transforming from operations that lost tens of thousands of lives in the 1990s to ones that evacuate millions with minimal casualties today.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,211–22,273 mi (35,745–35,845 km)
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41752
- Int’l designator
- 2016-054A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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