Satellite Profile
Insat 1A
MEO
ACTIVE
Aging
Identity
- COSPAR
- 1982-031A
- NORAD
- 13129
- Country
- IN
- Operator
- ISRO
- Manufacturer
- FORDA
- Discipline
- EO
Orbit
- Altitude
- 35760.1 km
- Perigee
- 35694.2 km
- Apogee
- 35826.0 km
- Inclination
- 7.39°
- Period
- 1434.74 min
- TLE Epoch
- 2026-02-24 15:42:45
Mission & Payload
Insat 1A is a India satellite operated by ISRO for eo objectives. It is currently classified as active in MEO orbit, with latest orbital epoch 2026-02-24 15:42:45 from open catalog sources.
- Sensor Type
- MULTISPECTRAL
- Resolution
- 1000 m
- Spectral Bands
- Meteorological VIS/IR sounder (open-data inferred)
- Swath Width
- 1400 km
- Processing Level
- L1/L2 (open-data inferred)
- Users
- —
Launch & Governance
- Launch Date
- 1982-04-10
- Launch Vehicle
- S13137
- Launch Site
- —
- Expected Lifetime
- —
- Constraints
- Open data, no restrictions
- Lineage
- Identification sources: GCAT, CELESTRAK. Latest orbital epoch from Celestrak: 2026-02-24 15:42:45. Metadata date: 2026-02-25. Payload quality fields include open-data heuristic estimates. Last derived at: 2026-02-25.