GSAT-12

GSAT-12
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorISRO
COSPAR ID2011-034A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.37746
Mission durationPlanned: 8 years
Duration: 11 years, 8 months, 8 days
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass1,412 kilograms (3,113 lb)
Dry mass559 kilograms (1,232 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date15 July 2011, 11:18 (2011-07-15UTC11:18Z) UTC
RocketPSLV-XL C17
Launch siteSatish Dhawan SLP
ContractorISRO
End of mission
DisposalGraveyard orbit
DeactivatedMarch 2023
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude48°E (Relocated: 19 Mar 2021.)
83°E (till 9 Feb 2021)
Perigee altitude35,782 kilometres (22,234 mi)
Apogee altitude35,803 kilometres (22,247 mi)
Inclination0.01 degrees
Period23.93 hours
Epoch25 December 2013, 01:49:32 UTC[2]
Transponders
Band12 Extended C band
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GSAT-12 was a communication satellite designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was the second satellite to be launched and placed on a GTO using PSLV.[3]

  1. ^ "UCS Satellite Database". Union of Concerned Scientists. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ Peat, Chris (25 December 2013). "GSAT 12 - Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ "GSAT-12/12R". Gunter Space Page. Retrieved 6 October 2020.