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GSAT-8

NORAD 37605 · Payload · In orbit since 2011

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Launched
2011-05-20 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
IND (India)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
3,090 kg
Size
4.1 × 2.3 m · 37.4 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,775 × 35,797 km
Inclination
2.2°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

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