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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Acronym INSAT.) A series of multipurpose geostationary satellites designed to support communications, television broadcasting, and meteorological observations.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">''INSAT-1'' (launched August 1983) was positioned at 74°E longitude, and was the first [[three- axis stabilized]] geostationary satellite. Not all satellites in the INSAT series have carried meteorological imagers.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Acronym INSAT.) A series of multipurpose geostationary satellites designed to support communications, television broadcasting, and meteorological observations.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">''INSAT-1'' (launched August 1983) was positioned at 74°E longitude, and was the first [[three-axis stabilized|three- axis stabilized]] geostationary satellite. Not all satellites in the INSAT series have carried meteorological imagers.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Indian National Satellite System
(Acronym INSAT.) A series of multipurpose geostationary satellites designed to support communications, television broadcasting, and meteorological observations.
INSAT-1 (launched August 1983) was positioned at 74°E longitude, and was the first three- axis stabilized geostationary satellite. Not all satellites in the INSAT series have carried meteorological imagers.