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title="number">no.</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">24820<span style="float:right"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14914820?uselang=en#P377" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mission duration</th><td class="infobox-data">7 Years</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td 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colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">4 June 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data">Ariane-4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data">French Guiana</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deactivated</th><td class="infobox-data">4 Oct, 1997</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th 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Launched on 4 June 1997, and similar to <a href="/wiki/INSAT-2C" title="INSAT-2C">INSAT-2C</a>, INSAT-2D went out of order on October 4, 1997, because of a power inconsistency problem and was later replaced by <a href="/wiki/INSAT-2DT" title="INSAT-2DT">INSAT-2DT</a>, an in-orbit satellite which was previously known as ARABSAT-1C. The main aim of the satellite was improved communication.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the INSAT-2 (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Satellite_System" title="Indian National Satellite System">Indian National Satellite System</a>) series, INSAT-2D was the fourth consecutive communication satellite. The satellite was launched using an <a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a> rocket from <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The satellite was placed into <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> at an inclination of 93.5 degrees east.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> INSAT-2D's lift-off mass was 2,079&#160;kg (4,583&#160;lb) with <a href="/wiki/Propellant" title="Propellant">propellants</a> of which 995&#160;kg (2,194&#160;lb) were the dry weight.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The satellite was expected to have a nominal lifespan of around 7–9 years.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The onboard power of the satellite was estimated to be 1,650 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/BepiColombo_NBO_2020-04-10.webm/220px--BepiColombo_NBO_2020-04-10.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="15" 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Communication</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>CMS <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMS-01" title="CMS-01">01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CMS-02" title="CMS-02">02</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT" title="GSAT">GSAT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-1" title="GSAT-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-2" title="GSAT-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-3" title="GSAT-3">3 (EDUSAT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-4" title="GSAT-4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-5P" title="GSAT-5P">5P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4E" title="INSAT-4E">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-6A" title="GSAT-6A">6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-7" title="GSAT-7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-7A" title="GSAT-7A">7A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-8" title="GSAT-8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asia_Satellite" title="South Asia Satellite">9 (South Asia Satellite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-10" title="GSAT-10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-11" title="GSAT-11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-12" title="GSAT-12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-14" title="GSAT-14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-15" title="GSAT-15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-16" title="GSAT-16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-17" title="GSAT-17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-18" title="GSAT-18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-19" title="GSAT-19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-29" title="GSAT-29">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-30" title="GSAT-30">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-31" title="GSAT-31">31</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAMSAT" title="HAMSAT">HAMSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Satellite_System" title="Indian National Satellite System">INSAT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-1A" title="INSAT-1A">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-1B" title="INSAT-1B">1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-1C" title="INSAT-1C">1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-1D" title="INSAT-1D">1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2A" title="INSAT-2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2B" title="INSAT-2B">2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2C" title="INSAT-2C">2C</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2DT" title="INSAT-2DT">2DT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2E" title="INSAT-2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3A" title="INSAT-3A">3A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3B" title="INSAT-3B">3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3C" title="INSAT-3C">3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3D" title="INSAT-3D">3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3DR" title="INSAT-3DR">3DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3DS" title="INSAT-3DS">3DS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-3E" title="INSAT-3E">3E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4A" title="INSAT-4A">4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4B" title="INSAT-4B">4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4C" title="INSAT-4C">4C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4CR" title="INSAT-4CR">4CR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-4E" title="INSAT-4E">4E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-7" title="GSAT-7">4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-8" title="GSAT-8">4G</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Planned:</i> <i>GSAT</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/GSAT-20" title="GSAT-20">20</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=GSAT-22&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="GSAT-22 (page does not exist)">22</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=GSAT-23&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="GSAT-23 (page does not exist)">23</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/GSAT-24" class="mw-redirect" title="GSAT-24">24</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Earth observation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhaskara_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaskara (satellite)">Bhaskara</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhaskara_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaskara (satellite)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaskara_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaskara (satellite)">II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat" title="Cartosat">Cartosat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-1" title="Cartosat-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2" title="Cartosat-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2A" title="Cartosat-2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2B" title="Cartosat-2B">2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2C" title="Cartosat-2C">2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2D" title="Cartosat-2D">2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2E" title="Cartosat-2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-2F" title="Cartosat-2F">2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartosat-3" title="Cartosat-3">3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EMISAT" title="EMISAT">EMISAT</a></li> <li>EOS <ul><li><a href="/wiki/EOS-01" title="EOS-01">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EOS-02" class="mw-redirect" title="EOS-02">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EOS-04" title="EOS-04">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EOS-07" class="mw-redirect" title="EOS-07">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EOS-08" title="EOS-08">8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HySIS" title="HySIS">HySIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMS-1" title="IMS-1">IMS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Remote_Sensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Remote Sensing">IRS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1A" title="IRS-1A">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1B" title="IRS-1B">1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1C" title="IRS-1C">1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1D" title="IRS-1D">1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-P1" class="mw-redirect" title="IRS-P1">1E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-P1" class="mw-redirect" title="IRS-P1">P1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-P2" title="IRS-P2">P2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-P3" title="IRS-P3">P3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megha-Tropiques" title="Megha-Tropiques">Megha-Tropiques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsat_(ISRO)" title="Microsat (ISRO)">Microsat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsat-R" title="Microsat-R">Microsat-R</a></li></ul></li> <li>Oceansat <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oceansat-1" title="Oceansat-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceansat-2" title="Oceansat-2">2</a></li></ul></li> <li>Resourcesat <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resourcesat-1" title="Resourcesat-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resourcesat-2" title="Resourcesat-2">2</a></li></ul></li> <li>RISAT <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RISAT-1" title="RISAT-1">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RISAT-2" title="RISAT-2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RISAT-2B" title="RISAT-2B">2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RISAT-2BR1" title="RISAT-2BR1">2BR1</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_(satellite)" title="Rohini (satellite)">Rohini</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_(satellite)" title="Rohini (satellite)">RS-D1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_(satellite)" title="Rohini (satellite)">RS-D2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SARAL" title="SARAL">SARAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCATSAT-1" class="mw-redirect" title="SCATSAT-1">SCATSAT-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology_Experiment_Satellite" title="Technology Experiment Satellite">Technology Experiment Satellite (TESS)</a></li> <li><i>Planned</i>: <i><a href="/wiki/NISAR_(satellite)" title="NISAR (satellite)">NISAR</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/GEO_Imaging_Satellite" title="GEO Imaging Satellite">GISAT</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oceansat-3" title="Oceansat-3">Oceansat-3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resourcesat-3&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Resourcesat-3 (page does not exist)">Resourcesat-3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/RISAT-1A" class="mw-redirect" title="RISAT-1A">RISAT-1A</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experimental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_Passenger_Payload_Experiment" title="Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment">APPLE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryabhata_(satellite)" title="Aryabhata (satellite)">Aryabhata</a></li> <li>Rohini <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_(satellite)" title="Rohini (satellite)">RS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_(satellite)" title="Rohini (satellite)">Rohini Technology Payload (RTP)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Navigation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Regional_Navigation_Satellite_System" title="Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System">IRNSS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1A" title="IRNSS-1A">1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1B" title="IRNSS-1B">1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1C" title="IRNSS-1C">1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1D" title="IRNSS-1D">1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1E" title="IRNSS-1E">1E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1F" title="IRNSS-1F">1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1G" title="IRNSS-1G">1G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRNSS-1I" title="IRNSS-1I">1I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NVS-01" title="NVS-01">NVS-01</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Student satellites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ANUSAT" title="ANUSAT">ANUSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugnu_(satellite)" title="Jugnu (satellite)">Jugnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SRMSAT" title="SRMSAT">SRMSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StudSat" title="StudSat">StudSat</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/StudSat-2" title="StudSat-2">StudSat-2</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YouthSat" title="YouthSat">YouthSat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratham_(satellite)" title="Pratham (satellite)">Pratham</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aryabhata Satellite"><img alt="Aryabhata Satellite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg/115px-Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg/173px-Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg/230px-Aryabhata_Satellite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="484" 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href="/wiki/Stretched_Rohini_Satellite_Series" title="Stretched Rohini Satellite Series">C2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Astronomical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astrosat" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrosat">Astrosat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aditya-L1" title="Aditya-L1">Aditya-L1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XPoSat" title="XPoSat">XPoSat</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AstroSat-2" title="AstroSat-2">AstroSat-2</a></i> (<i>planned</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan_programme" title="Chandrayaan programme">Lunar programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandrayaan-1" title="Chandrayaan-1">Chandrayaan-1</a> 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title="AMC 2">GE 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahuel_1A" title="Nahuel 1A">Nahuel 1A</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-25" title="Soyuz TM-25">Soyuz TM-25</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-82" title="STS-82">STS-82</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HALCA" title="HALCA">Haruka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2337&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2337 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2337</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2338&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2338 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2338</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2339&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2339 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2339</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.4&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.4 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.5&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.5 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.6&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.6 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_26" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelsat 26">JCSAT-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-130" title="USA-130">USA-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_801" title="Intelsat 801">Intelsat 801</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mozhayets_2&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mozhayets 2 (page does not exist)">Mozhayets 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=DirecTV-6&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="DirecTV-6 (page does not exist)">Tempo-2</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-131&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-131 (page does not exist)">USA-131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-34" title="Progress M-34">Progress M-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2340" title="Kosmos 2340">Kosmos 2340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thaicom_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Thaicom 3">Thaicom 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BSAT-1a" title="BSAT-1a">BSAT-1a</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2341&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2341 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minisat_01" title="Minisat 01">Minisat 01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestis" title="Celestis">Founders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOES_10" title="GOES 10">GOES 10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_4&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 4 (page does not exist)">Iridium 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_5&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 5 (page does not exist)">Iridium 5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_6&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 6 (page does not 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25">Telstar 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat-3_F4" title="Inmarsat-3 F4">Inmarsat-3 F4</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">INSAT-2D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2344&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2344 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun 2A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_9&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 9 (page does not exist)">Iridium 9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_10&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 10 (page does not exist)">Iridium 10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_11&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 11 (page does not exist)">Iridium 11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_12&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 12 (page does not exist)">Iridium 12</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_13&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 13 (page does not exist)">Iridium 13</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_14&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 14 (page does not exist)">Iridium 14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_16&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 16 (page does not exist)">Iridium 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_802" title="Intelsat 802">Intelsat 802</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-35" title="Progress M-35">Progress M-35</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_15&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 15 (page does not exist)">Iridium 15</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_17&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 17 (page does not exist)">Iridium 17</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2345" title="Kosmos 2345">Kosmos 2345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agila_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Agila 2">Agila 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_22&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 22 (page does not exist)">Iridium 22</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_23&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 23 (page does not exist)">Iridium 23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_24&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 24 (page does not exist)">Iridium 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_25" class="mw-redirect" title="Iridium 25">Iridium 25</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_26&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 26 (page does not exist)">Iridium 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_(satellite)" title="Lewis (satellite)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Composition_Explorer" title="Advanced Composition 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title="Iridium 28 (page does not exist)">Iridium 28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 29 (page does not exist)">Iridium 29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_30&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 30 (page does not exist)">Iridium 30</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_31&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 31 (page does not exist)">Iridium 31</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_32&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 32 (page does not exist)">Iridium 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_33" title="Iridium 33">Iridium 33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2346&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2346 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FAISAT-2V&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="FAISAT-2V (page does not 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title="Iridium 37 (page does not exist)">Iridium 37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1D" title="IRS-1D">IRS-1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-36" title="Progress M-36">Progress M-36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sputnik_40" title="Sputnik 40">Sputnik 40</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=X-Mir&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="X-Mir (page does not exist)">X-Mir</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EchoStar_III" title="EchoStar III">EchoStar III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foton_No.11&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Foton No.11 (page does not exist)">Foton #11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a> (<a href="/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft)" title="Huygens (spacecraft)">Huygens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apstar_2R" title="Apstar 2R">Apstar 2R</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-133&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-133 (page does not exist)">USA-133</a></li> <li><a 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