Satellite Orbits and

Parking Slots

Prof R V Raja Kumar

Note: Only diagrams are

presented, here. The material
and diagrams used here are
taken from ISRO and text
books like Roddy, Tri T Ha and
sources from Internet.
Satellite Orbits
 Geostationary Orbit

35,786 km

6,380 km

A geostationary orbit, is a circular geosynchronous orbit

35,786 km (22,236 mi) in altitude
Polar Orbit
Polar Orbit
Satellite Orbit Transfer

Perigee Apogee
Satellite
Launch Sequence
 Satellite Stabilization
Spin Stabilization 3-Axis Stabilization
 Roll

Yaw Angle
 Indian National Satellite System (INSAT)
And Parking Slots

• ISRO’s Insat 4E - Placed at 83°E along with

INSAT-2E and INSAT-3B, by GSLV Mk.II D6.

Launch mass 2,117 kilograms (4,667 lb)

Dry mass 985 kg (2,172 lb)
Power 3.1 kilowatts

• ISRO’s INSAT 3E Sept 28, 2003, from the

European Space. Decommissioned in April 2014.
Slot: 55 deg E