Key statistics
Satellite INSAT 3E at a glance.
Uptime
7955
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
OTHER
Other
Inclination
8.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for INSAT 3E.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: INSAT 3E
International designator: 2003-043E
Object number (NORAD): 27951
Object ID (CCSDS): 27951
Country: INDIA (IND)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1428.621 minutes
Inclination: 8.9262 deg
SMA: 42018.28 km
Apoapsis: 35687.475 km
Periapsis: 35592.816 km
RAAN: 57.5232 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011264
Argument of periapsis: 236.5497 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.6885 deg
Mean motion: 1.00796477 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000071 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 INSAT 3E
TLE line 1: 1 27951U 03043E 25188.91624133 -.00000071 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 27951 8.9262 57.5232 0011264 236.5497 300.6885 1.00796477 50339
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite INSAT 3E.
In-orbit conjunctions
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INSAT-3A is a multipurpose satellite for providing telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorological and search & rescue services. INSAT-3A payloads include Normal C-band transponders with expanded coverage from Middle East to South East Asia, Extended C-band transponders providing India coverage and Ku-band transponders providing India coverage. The satellite also carries one Data Relay Transponder (DRT) and one Satellite Aided Search and Rescue (SAS&R) payload. SAS&R payload has a global receive coverage with 406 MHz uplink and C-band downlink with India coverage for the relay of signals from distress beacons in sea, air or land.
INSAT 3E was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1’, on board a Ariane 5 G space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 11:14 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.
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Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 11:14 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Ariane 5 G
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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