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Lakshmi Tatma
Indian girl surgically separated from a parasitic twin at the age 2
HAMSAT
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! Organization
| AMSAT-India, William Leijenaar
http://amsatindia.org/
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! Mission Type
| Communications
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! Satellite of
| Earth
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! Launch
| May 5, 2005 on PSLV-C6
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! Launch site
| Sriharikota
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! Mission duration
| Achieved: 9 Years and 2 Months
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! Mass
| 42.5 kg (launch)
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2005 in India
overview of India-related events during the year of 2005
INSAT-4A
INSAT-4A was the first one in the INSAT-4 Satellites series, providing services in the Ku and C band frequency bands. At the time of launch, it was the heaviest satellite India had produced. The Ku transponders cover the Indian main land and C-Band transponders cover an extended area. It has a dozen Ku transponders and another dozen of C-band transponders. This spacecraft was placed at 83°E along with INSAT-2E and INSAT-3B, by Ariane launch vehicle (ARIANE5-V169).