INSAT-1
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INSAT-1 is a series of four first-generation Indian communications/weather satellites launched from 1982 to 1990. One of the satellites of this series, INSAT-1B, is the sixth satellite ever deployed from a Space Shuttle
An INSAT-1 satellite in geosynchronous orbit
STS-8 (Challenger) carrying INSAT-1B and other payloads
INSAT-1B being deployed from the payload bay of STS-8 (Challenger)
| INSAT-1 (1982-2002) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End | |
| INSAT-1A | 1982-Apr-10 | 1983-Sept-6 | |
| INSAT-1B | 1983-Aug-30 | 1993-Aug | |
| Launched during STS-8 (Challenger) | |||
| INSAT-1C | 1988-Jul-21 | 1989-Nov-8 | |
| INSAT-1D | 1990-Jun-12 | 2002-May-14 | |
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