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'''INSAT-2C''' (also known as '''Indian National Satellite-2''') was an [[List of Indian satellites|Indian geostationary communications spacecraft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSAT-2 (Indian National Satellite-2) |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/insat-2 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=eoPortal}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-10 |title=List of Indian Satellites (1975-2022) |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-indian-satellites-1624957731-1 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[Jagran Josh]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=INSAT 2C |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1995-067B |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive]]}}</ref> It is [[ISRO]]'s third indigenous communications satellite.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=India's third indigenous communications satellite, INSAT-2C launched by an Ariane rocket |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19951231-indias-third-indigenous-communications-satellite-insat-2c-launched-by-an-ariane-rocket-808140-1995-12-30 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
It was launched by [[Ariane 44L]] from [[Guiana Space Centre]], [[French Guiana]] on December 6, 1995.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> It was working properly for years, but in January 2013, its communication C-band transponder collapsed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=M. |date=1997-11-26 |title=Insat-2c Transponder Collapses |work=[[Business Standard]] |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/insat-2c-transponder-collapses-197112601092_1.html |access-date=2022-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Peterson |first=Glenn E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_azf94TByF8C&dq=%22INSAT-2C%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA429 |title=Dynamics of Meteor Outbursts and Satellite Mitigation Strategies |date=1999 |publisher=AIAA |isbn=978-1-56347-197-1 |language=en}}</ref> It was launched to improve communication facilities in [[Northeast India]] and [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSAT-2C |url=http://resource.itschool.gov.in/physics-web/isro/www.isro.org/satellites/insat-2c.html |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[KITE Kerala]]}}</ref>

== Information ==
Its mass during launch was 2,106 kg and dry mass was 946 kg. It revolves around [[Geostationary orbit]] with altitude of 35,786 and longitude of 93.5 degree east.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satellite: INSAT-2C |url=https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/insat_2c |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[World Meteorological Organization]]}}</ref> Its onboard power was 1,320 Watts with mission life of 7 years and its planned orbit life to be very long.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSAT-2C |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/INSAT_2C.html |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[Indian Space Research Organisation]]}}</ref>

== Capabilities ==
It has capabilities like business communication, mobile satellite service and can make television outreach beyond boundary of India.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=MILESTONES IN SPACE PROGRAMME |url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archieve/factsheet/fs2000/space.html |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{INSAT satellites}}
{{Indian spacecraft}}
{{Orbital launches in 1995}}

[[Category:INSAT satellites]]

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Ajay Kumar at 07:50, 2 September 2023