ISRO successfully launches the INSAT-3DR, advanced weather satellite into the respective orbit.
Launch date: August 28, 2016
INSAT-3DR is an advanced meteorological satellite of India configured with an imaging System and an Atmospheric Sounder.
INSAT-3DR has a lift-off mass of 2211 kg, which includes about 1255 kg of propellant. The propellant carried by INSAT-3DR is mainly required to raise the satellite from the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) to its final Geostationary Orbit and to maintain the satellite in its orbital slot during its life. The satellite has a solar array generating 1700 Watts of power.
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