The Hindu : INSAT 3A launch by this month-end

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Saturday, Mar 15, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Tamil Nadu

INSAT 3A launch by this month-end

By R.K.Radhakrishnan

CHENNAI March 14. After a series of delays, the newest and advanced Indian National Satellite, INSAT 3A, would be launched towards the end of this month.

The European Space Consortium, Arianespace, which is to position the satellite in an orbit of 83 ½ degrees east over the Indian Ocean, said that its next flight would carry two communications satellites - the INSAT 3A and the PanAmSat, GALAXY XII - ``as from the end of March.''

The launcher, a Generic Ariane 5 flight, number 160, will launch the satellites.

The satellites are currently undergoing checks at the payload preparation facility at the Guiana Space Centre.

This will be the first Ariane 5G launch this year and another ``four or five'' more missions would feature the launcher this year.

Delays have marked both the development and launch campaign of the INSAT 3A, a hybrid satellite carrying a mixed C/Ku band transponders and a weather monitoring system.

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