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{{Short description|Indian weather satellite}}
{{Infobox spaceflight |auto=all
| name = INSAT-3DR
| names_list = Indian National Satellite 3D Repeat
| image = INSAT_3DR_Deployed_View.jpg
| image_caption = INSAT-3DR with solar panel deployed
| image_size =

| mission_type = [[Weather satellite]]
| operator = [[Indian National Satellite System|INSAT]]
| COSPAR_ID = 2016-054A
| SATCAT = 41752
| website = http://mosdac.gov.in/content/insat-3dr
| mission_duration = Planned: 10 years <br /> Elapsed: {{Time interval|8 September 2016 11:20|show=ymd|sep=,}}

| spacecraft_bus = [[I-2K]]
| manufacturer = [[Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre|ISRO Satellite Centre]]<br />[[Space Applications Centre]]
| launch_mass = {{convert|2211|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="hindustan20160908">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/isro-s-advanced-weather-satellite-launched-eight-things-to-know/story-Nqf5ZnyawwsLMjj4EDj8aI.html |title=Isro’s advanced weather satellite launched: Here are 8 things to know |work=Hindustan Times |first=Vignesh |last=Radhakrishan |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>
| dry_mass = {{convert|956|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="hindustan20160908" />
| payload_mass =
| dimensions =
| power = 1,700 W<ref name="hindustan20160908" />

| launch_date = {{start-date|8 September 2016, 11:20}} [[UTC]]
| launch_rocket = [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV Mk II]] F05
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad|SLP]]
| launch_contractor = [[ISRO]]
| entered_service =

| disposal_type = 
| deactivated = 

| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
| orbit_longitude = 74° E<ref name="hindustan20160908" />
| orbit_semimajor =
| orbit_eccentricity =
| orbit_periapsis =
| orbit_apoapsis =
| orbit_inclination =
| orbit_epoch = Planned
| apsis = gee

| instruments_list = {{Infobox spaceflight/Instruments
| acronym1 = DCS | name1 = Data Collection Service
| acronym2 = SAS&R | name2 = Advanced Aided Search & Rescue
| acronym3 = IMAGER | name3 = INSAT imager
| acronym4 = SOUNDER | name4 = INSAT sounder
}}

| trans_band = 
| trans_frequency = 
| trans_bandwidth = 
| trans_capacity = 
| trans_coverage = 
| trans_TWTA = 
| trans_EIRP = 
| trans_HPBW = 
}}

'''INSAT-3DR''' is an Indian weather satellite built by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] and operated by the [[Indian National Satellite System]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isac.gov.in/earth-observation/html/insat-3dr.jsp|title=SALIENT FEATURES OF INSAT-3D|website=www.isac.gov.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503023723/https://www.isac.gov.in/earth-observation/html/insat-3dr.jsp|archive-date=3 May 2019|access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> It will provide meteorological services to India using a 6-channel imager and a 19-channel sounder, as well as [[search and rescue]] information and message relay for terrestrial data collection platforms.<ref name="wmosat194">{{cite web |url=https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/194 |title=INSAT-3DR |publisher=[[World Meteorological Organization]] |date=5 June 2012 |access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> The satellite was launched on 8 September 2016, and is a follow-up to [[INSAT-3D]].

==Satellite payload==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
! Payload
! Usage
|-
| DCS
| Data Collection Service
|-
| SAS&R
| Advanced Aided Search & Rescue
|-
| IMAGER
| INSAT imager
|-
| SOUNDER
| INSAT sounder
|}

==Launch==

INSAT-3DR was successfully launched on 8 September 2016 at 11:20 UTC aboard a [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle]] (GSLV Mk II) from the [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/08/gslv-counting-down-to-launch-advanced-indian-weather-satellite/ |title=GSLV puts advanced Indian weather satellite in orbit |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Isros-desi-cryo-enginepowered-GSLV-F05-places-INSAT-3DR-weather-satellite-in-orbit/articleshow/54181283.cms |title=Isro's desi cryo engine–powered GSLV-F05 places INSAT-3DR weather satellite in orbit |work=The Times of India |agency=Times News Network |first=U. |last=Tejonmayam |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> which was delayed from 28 August.<ref name="indexp20160730">{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-prepares-to-launch-weather-satellite-insat-3dr-on-august-28-2943944/ |title=ISRO prepares to launch weather satellite INSAT-3DR on August 28 |work=The Indian Express |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=30 July 2016 |access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> The rocket placed it into a [[geostationary transfer orbit]] for eventual stationing in [[geosynchronous orbit]] at 74° E.<ref name="wmosat194" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://mosdac.gov.in/content/Mission/insat-3dr INSAT-3DR] by the Meteorological & Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre
* [http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/insat-3dr INSAT-3DR] by the Indian Space Research Organisation
* [http://satellite.imd.gov.in/dynamic/insat_3DR.htm INSAT-3DR] by the National Satellite Meteorological Centre

{{INSAT satellites}}
{{Indian spacecraft}}
{{Orbital launches in 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}

[[Category:Earth observation satellites of India]]
[[Category:Weather satellites of India]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched by India in 2016]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched by GSLV rockets]]

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