INSAT - 4B - wikipedia INSAT - 4B INSAT - 4B Mission type Communications Operator INSAT COSPAR ID 2007 - 007A SATCAT no. 30793 Mission duration 12 years Spacecraft properties Bus I - 3K Manufacturer ISRO Launch mass 3,028 kilograms ( 6,676 lb ) Dry mass 1,335 kilograms ( 2,943 lb ) Start of mission Launch date 11 March 2007, 22 : 03 ( 2007 - 03 - 11UTC22 : 03Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 5ECA Launch site Kourou ELA - 3 Contractor Arianespace Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Geostationary Longitude 93.48 ° E ( Relocated to 111.2 ° E on 18 December 2017 ) Semi-major axis 42,163.57 kilometres ( 26,199.23 mi ) Eccentricity 0.0003909 Perigee 35,776 kilometres ( 22,230 mi ) Apogee 35,809 kilometres ( 22,251 mi ) Inclination 0.07 degrees Period 23.93 hours Epoch 11 November 2013, 22 : 16 : 22 UTC INSAT - 4B is an Indian communications satellite which forms part of the Indian National Satellite System. Launched in 2007, it is operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 93.48 ° east. Built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, INSAT - 4B is based upon the I - 3K satellite bus. It had a mass at launch of 3,028 kilograms ( 6,676 lb ), with a dry mass of 1,335 kilograms ( 2,943 lb ) and was expected to operate for twelve years. Two solar arrays power the satellite, while its communications payload consists of twelve C and twelve K band transponders. Arianespace was contracted to launch INSAT - 4B using an Ariane 5 ECA carrier rocket. The launch occurred on 11 March 2007 at 22 : 03 UTC, from ELA - 3 at Kourou. The Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence was launched aboard the same rocket. INSAT - 4B was successfully inserted into geosynchronous transfer orbit, from which it raised itself into geostationary orbit using a liquid - fuelled apogee motor. It received the International Designator 2007 - 007A and Satellite Catalog Number 30793. As of 11 November 2013, it is in an orbit with a perigee of 35,776 kilometres ( 22,230 mi ), an apogee of 35,809 kilometres ( 22,251 mi ), inclination of 0.07 degrees and an orbital period of 23.93 hours. Partial power failure On 10 July 2010 INSAT - 4B suffered a disruption in power supply from one of the two solar panels, rendering half of its transponder capacity useless. After review the cause of malfunction was found out to be electric arcing in slip ring of one of the solar panels. Similar partial power supply failure also affected Eutelsat W2M now known as Afghansat 1 and caused delay in launch of GSAT - 8 due to required design changes in relevant power systems of satellite bus. Relocation On 11 November 2017, INSAT - 4B maneuvered to lower its altitude and drifted eastward to reach new slot at 111.2 ° E on 18 December 2017. 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INSAT satellites INSAT - 1 series INSAT - 1A INSAT - 1B INSAT - 1C INSAT - 1D INSAT - 2 series INSAT - 2A INSAT - 2B INSAT - 2C INSAT - 2D INSAT - 2DT INSAT - 2E INSAT - 3 series INSAT - 3A INSAT - 3B INSAT - 3C INSAT - 3D INSAT - 3DR INSAT - 3DS INSAT - 3E INSAT - 4 series INSAT - 4A INSAT - 4B INSAT - 4C INSAT - 4CR GSAT - 6 / INSAT - 4E GSAT - 7 / INSAT - 4F GSAT - 8 / INSAT - 4G Indian spacecraft List of Indian satellites List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches List of ISRO missions Satellites Communication GSAT 3 ( EDUSAT ) 5P 6 6A 7 8 9 ( South Asia Satellite ) 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 HAMSAT INSAT 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 2DT 2E 3A 3B 3C 3D 3DR 3DS 3E 4A 4B 4C 4CR 4E 4F 4G Planned : GSAT 7A 11 20 22 23 24 29 Earth observation Bhaskara II Cartosat 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F IMS - 1 IRS 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E P1 P2 P3 Megha - Tropiques Microsat Oceansat Resourcesat RISAT Rohini RS - D1 RS - D2 SARAL SCATSAT - 1 Technology Experiment Satellite ( TESS ) Planned : Cartosat - 3 NISAR GISAT Oceansat - 3 Resourcesat - 3 Experimental APPLE Aryabhata Rohini RS - 1 Rohini Technology Payload ( RTP ) Navigation IRNSS 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 1G 1I Student satellites ANUSAT Jugnu SRMSAT StudSat StudSat - 2 YouthSat Pratham Space probes Scientific SROSS C2 Astronomical Astrosat Aditya - L1 ( planned ) Lunar programme Chandrayaan - 1 Moon Impact Probe Chandrayaan - 2 ( planned ) Inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission Mars Orbiter Mission 2 ( planned ) Venus orbiter mission ( planned ) Human spaceflight Indian human spaceflight programme SRE - 1 SRE - II SRE - III Gaganyaan CARE Future spacecraft in italics. ← 2006 Orbital launches in 2007 2008 → Cartosat - 2 SRE - 1 Lapan - TUBsat Pehuensat - 1 Progress M - 59 NSS - 8 Beidou - 1D THEMIS A THEMIS B THEMIS C THEMIS D THEMIS E IGS Radar 2 IGS Optical 3V ASTRO NEXTSat MidSTAR - 1 FalconSAT - 3 STPSat - 1 CFESat Skynet 5A INSAT - 4B DemoFlight 2 Soyuz TMA - 10 Anik F3 Hai Yang 1B Compass - M1 EgyptSat 1 Saudisat - 3 SaudiComsat - 3 SaudiComsat - 4 SaudiComsat - 5 SaudiComsat - 6 SaudiComsat - 7 CP - 3 CP - 4 CAPE - 1 Libertad 1 AeroCube 2 CSTB - 1 MAST AGILE AAM NFIRE AIM Astra 1L Galaxy 17 Progress M - 60 NigComSat - 1 Yaogan 2 Zheda PiXing 1 Globalstar 65 Globalstar 69 Globalstar 71 Globalstar 72 Sinosat - 3 Kosmos 2427 COSMO - 1 STS - 117 ( ITS S3 / 4 ) Ofek - 7 TerraSAR - X USA - 194 Genesis II Kosmos 2428 SAR - Lupe 2 zhongxing 6B DirecTV - 10 Progress M - 61 Phoenix STS - 118 ( ITS S5 SpaceHab LSM ) Spaceway - 3 BSAT - 3a INSAT - 4CR JCSAT - 11 Kosmos 2429 Kaguya ( Okina Ouna ) Foton - M No. 3 YES2 WorldView - 1 CBERS - 2B Dawn Intelsat 11 Optus D2 Soyuz TMA - 11 USA - 195 USA - 196 Globalstar 66 Globalstar 67 Globalstar 78 Globalstar 70 Kosmos 2430 STS - 120 ( Harmony ) Chang'e 1 Kosmos 2431 Kosmos 2432 Kosmos 2433 SAR - Lupe 3 Rubin - 7 USA - 197 Yaogan 3 Skynet 5B Star One C1 Sirius 4 Globus - 1M No. 11L COSMO - 2 USA - 198 Radarsat - 2 USA - 199 Horizons - 2 Rascom - QAF 1 Progress M - 62 Kosmos 2434 Kosmos 2435 Kosmos 2436 Payloads are separated by bullets ( ), launches by pipes ( ). 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Question: india's communications satellite insat-4b was launched from
Answer: ELA-3 at Kourou