| When it was launched? |
| On March 22, 2000, at 04: 58 A.M. ( IST ) from kaurou, French Gayana in South America. |
| Who was its co-passenger? |
| ASIA STAR of worldspace USA. |
| Name the launcher, space vehicle. |
| In its 128th flight, ARIANE-505 launched it. |
| In which orbit it was injected? |
| Into a Geo-synchronous Transfer Orbit ( GTO ), with a perigee of 560 km and an apogee of 35770 km and an inclination of 7 deg. with respect to the equator. |
| What was its initial orbital period? |
| About 10.64 hours. |
| What was its initial weight? |
| 2070 kg. |
| What is its propellant? |
| It is about 1100 kg. Mono-Methyl Hydrazine ( MMH ) and Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen. ( MON-3 ) to be used for orbit raising operations as well as for station keeping and in-orbit altitude control for the duration of its designed life of 10 years. |
| With which satellite it is collocated & at which longitude? |
| With INSAT-2E at 83 deg. east longitude. |
| What is main body-size? |
| Cuboid of 1.93 m × 1.7 m × 1.65m. |
| What about its solar panels? |
| Length of two solar panels = 14.7 m , Total area = 23 sq.m., Power generation = 1.7 kw. |
| What is supporting battery? |
| 24 Ah Ni-Cd battery. |
| What are the antennas? |
| There are two deployable & there fixed antennas having a pointing accuracy of ± 0.2° in pitch and roll axes and ± 0.4° in you axis. |
| Who built it? |
| ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organization ) |
| What is its ground control station? |
| Master Control Facility ( MCF ) at Hassan in Karnataka. |
