Insat 1C

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General

Designation	19330 / 88063A
Launch date	21 Jul 1988
Country of origin	India
Mission	Telecommunications and meteorology
Geostationary orbit	93.5°E
Launch vehicle	Ariane V24

It had difficulties to deloy its solar array. After a power failure, only half its payload was functional.
Insurance paid $72 million for the failure

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End of life

Out of service	22 Nov 1989
Cause	Earth lock lost

Technical data

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Specifications
S-band
C-band
Payload

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