In 1992, it was relocated before being decommissioned in August 1993. At the end of its seven-year design life, it was replaced by the newly launched INSAT-1D. INSAT-1B: INSAT-1B was an Indian communications satellite which formed part of the Indian National Satellite System. It was the first operational multi-purpose communication satellite. Following a series of failures, the satellite was abandoned in September 1983. It was launched in 1982 for a period of seven years. INSAT-1A: INSAT-1A was an Indian communications satellite which formed part of the Indian National Satellite System. It went out of service on September 19, 1983. It was used in several communication experiments, including relay of TV programmes and radio networking.
It may be for communicative, educative or for monitoring.ĪPPLE: The Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE), was an experimental communication satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organization on June 19, 1981, by Ariane, a launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) from Centre Spatial Guyanais near Kourou in French Guiana.ĪPPLE was India's first experimental geostationary communication satellite. Satellites are is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit. The organization responsible for India's space program is the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). India has been successfully launching satellites of many types since 1975.
