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This page contains philatelic information on the Indian National SATellite (Insat) series. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Many early Insat had dual meteorological/communications functions, but most later Insat had only telecommunications capabilities. This page contains the [complete] Insat series, including Insat-3D and Insat-3DR (dedicated meteorological satellites). The Insat [with meteorological instrumentation] are found in a separate page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below or elsewhere) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below or elsewhere) |
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| [Complete] Insat (India) | [Complete] Insat (India) | [Complete] Insat (India) |
| Insat (India) [with meteorological instrumentation] | Insat (India) [with meteorological instrumentation] | Insat (India) [with meteorological instrumentation] |
| Insat (on other than Insat launch covers) |
Below is a list of Indian National SATellite (Insat) series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| [Complete] Indian National SATellite (Insat) (India) | ||||
| Benin | Unknown a (Mi none) Unknown ia | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2014 | Insat-3C launch (also launch date in text) |
| Benin | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Benin | Unknown a proof Unknown ia proof | One of MS4 proof (a-d) One of imperforate MS4 proof (a-d) | ||
| Benin | Unknown ms proof | Signed-proof MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Benin | Unknown ms proof fdc Unknown ims proof fdc | MS4 proof and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 proof on FDC | ||
| Chad | 675a (Mi1418) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (675) | 1998 | Insat-2B |
| Guinea Republic | BL840A fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2003 | Insat-3C |
| Guinea Republic | BL841A fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guinea Republic | Mi4177A Mi4177B | From MS8 (8x Mi4177A) Imperforate | 2005 | "Insat-3A" |
| Guinea Republic | BL881A BL881B | On stamp of SS1 (Mi4177A) On stamp of imperforate SS1 (Mi4177B) | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL888A BL888B | One of MS2 (Mi4176A-4177A) One of imperforate MS2 (Mi4176B-4177B) | ||
| Guinea Republic | BL1157 | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 | 2007 | Insat-4B |
| India | None | Inland letter sheet | 198? | Insat-1 |
| India | 1020 (Mi953) | 1983 | Insat-1 | |
| India | 1746 (Mi1685) | 1999 | Insat-1 | |
| India | 1848 (Mi1783) | 2000 | "Insat-3B" | |
| India | 1847-1849 fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| India | 2722 (Mi2867) | 2015 | Project Rukmani: Insat-4F / GSat-7 | |
| India | 2722 misperf | Mis-perforated | ||
| India | 2722 fdc1 | Stamp and (Lucknow pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| India | 2722 fdc2 | Stamp and (Kolkata pictorial) cancel and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| India | 2722 brochure | FDC brochure outside front, also 3-pages | ||
| Libya | 1306a (Mi1659) | One of MS6 (1306 (a-f)) (Mi1659-1664) | 1986 | Insat-1 |
| Madagascar | 1415g (Mi none) i1415g | One of MS9 (1415 (a-i)) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS9 (i1415 (a-i)) | 1999 | Insat-2C/2D type |
| Madagascar | 1415gh (BL none) | On stamp of SS1 (1415g) [known illegal issue] | ||
| Niger | 1075d (Mi1950A) i1075d (Mi1950B) | One of MS6 (1075 (a-f)) (Mi1947A-1952A) One of imperforate MS6 (i1075 (a-f)) | 2001 | "Insat-1A" |
| Niger | 1075 fdc | MS6 on FDC | ||
| Pakistan | 1023 (Mi?) | From MS20 (1023a (20x 1023)), also annotated | 2003 | Insat-1 |
| Pakistan | 1023 fdc | Stamp and cachet (annotated) on FDC, also back | ||
| Pakistan | 1023 leaflet | Leaflet, also back | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown e (Mi none) Unknown ie | One of MS9 (a-i) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS9 (a-i)) | 2005 | Insat-3C |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown iss (BL none) | On stamp of imperforate SS1 [known illegal issue] | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc1 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC (black cancel) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ims fdc2 | Imperforate MS9 on FDC (red cancel) | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown d+e+f fdc Unknown id+ie+if fdc | One of three stamps on FDC One of three imperforate stamps on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown b (Mi none) Unknown ib | From MS9 (a-i) One of imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 2005 | Insat-3C |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown f (Mi none) Unknown if | |||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown h (Mi none) Unknown ih | |||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms (Mi?) Unknown ims | In (upper-right) margin of MS9 (a-i) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate MS9 (a-i) | 2006 | Insat-4A |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS9 on FDC Imperforate MS9 on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 1977 (BL679) | SS1 | 2009 | "Insat-3C" (on stamp), Insat-1A (in upper-right margin) |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | 2013 | "Insat-3D" [meteorological only] |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Insat-4F / GSat-7 (and "Eutelsat-25B" / "Es'hail-1") | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | "Insat-4F" / "GSat-7" (and Eutelsat-25B / Es'hail-1) | |
| Spain | None | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on (un-canceled) (Spanish Post) stamped envelope (from 2011) | Insat-4F / "GSat-7" (and "Eutelsat"-25B / Es'hail-1) | |
| Venezuela | 1576i (Mi3127) | One of MS10 (1576 (a-j)) (Mi3123-3132) | 1997 | "Insat-1B" |
Below is a list of Indian National SATellite (Insat) series launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| [Complete] Indian National SATellite (Insat) (India) | ||||
| 1982-04-10: Insat-1A | ||||
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (SCCS) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet (and signature) on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL (machine cancel) | (Whitney orange and green and black) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL (hand cancel) | (Whitney orange and green and black) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial-like) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial-like) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial-like) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-10 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| United States | 1982-04-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Red printed) cachet on cover | Insat-1A launch |
| 1983-08-30: Insat-1B (deployed by STS-8) | ||||
| Guam | 1983-08-30 | Agana | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Mission patch/RCA) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Whitney black and magenta) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Tracking Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial red rocket, type-1 and blue printed and blue hand-printed) cachet on cover | STS-8 launch (Pioneer-3/4 type, Pioneer-5/Explorer-62, and Vanguard-2 depicted) |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial-like) cachet (different) on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial-like) cachet (different) on cover | STS-8 launch |
| United States | 1983-08-30 1983-08-14 1983-09-05 | (Kennedy Space Center FL) Kennedy Space Center FL Edwards AFB, CA | (Mission patch) cachet on cover; also folder p1/front, folder p2, folder p3, folder p4, folder p5, and folder p6/back | STS-8 launch STS-8 expected launch STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-08-31 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Insat-1B deployed |
| United States | 1983-08-31 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Insat-1B deployed |
| United States | 1983-08-31 | Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | Insat-1B deployed |
| United States | 1983-08-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet (and signature) on cover | Insat-1B deployed |
| United States | 1983-09-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | "payload flight test article" |
| United States | 1983-09-03 | Houston TX | (Red-brown printed) cachet on cover | "Operational test" of TDRS-1 (in anticipation of its planned contribution to the STS-9 Spacelab-1 mission) |
| United States | 1983-09-03 | WSMR Branch, NM | (Space Voyage purple and orange) cachet on cover | "Operational test" of TDRS-1 (in anticipation of its planned contribution to the STS-9 Spacelab-1 mission) |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Greenbelt MD | (Greenbelt STDN Station black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Moffett Field CA | (NASA Ames Research Center) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Edwards CA | (SCCS) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Edwards CA | (Red-orange rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on (airmail) cover | STS-8 landing |
| United States | 1983-09-05 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Tracking Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-8 landing |
| 1988-07-21: Insat-1C (and Eutelsat-1-F5) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Aérospatiale Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (ESTEC Philatelic Club) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (CPK) cachet (different) on card | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on card | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet on cover, also back | Insat-1C launch |
| French Guiana | 1988-07-21 | Kourou | (Association philatélique du CNES) cachet (different) on cover, also back | Insat-1C launch |
| France | 1988-07-22 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| Netherlands | 1988-07-22 | Noordwijk | (Red pictorial) meter and (ESTEC Philatelic Club) cachet on cover | Insat-1C launch |
| 1990-06-12: Insat-1D | ||||
| United States | 1990-06-12 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | Insat-1D launch |
| United States | 1990-06-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Edwin J. Isler? black and orange sticker) cachet on cover | Insat-1D launch |
| United States | 1990-06-12 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Carsten Fuchs/Ken Havekotte) cachet on cover | Insat-1D launch |
| 1992-07-09: Insat-2A (and Eutelsat-2-F4) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-2A launch |
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2A launch |
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-2A launch |
| French Guiana | 1992-07-09 | Kourou | (ESA / KPS ?) cachet on cover | Insat-2A launch |
| 1993-07-22: Insat-2B (and Hispasat-1B) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1993-07-22 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2B launch |
| French Guiana | 1993-07-22 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-2B launch (but "TDF" depicted) |
| French Guiana | 1993-07-22 | Kourou | (KPS?) cachets on cover | Insat-2B launch |
| French Guiana | 1993-07-22 | Kourou | (KPS?) cachet on card | Insat-2B launch |
| 1995-12-06: Insat-2C (and Telecom-2C) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1995-12-06 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2C launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-12-06 | Kourou | (KPS? photo) cachet on card | Insat-2C launch |
| French Guiana | 1995-12-06 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-2C launch |
| 1997-06-03: Insat-2D (and Inmarsat-3-F4) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou (black cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou (red cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Lollini blue printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (Philatélie Arianespace) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| French Guiana | 1997-06-03 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| France | 1997-06-04 | Paris | (Lollini blue printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| Gabon | 1997-06-04 | Libreville | (Lollini multi-color printed and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Insat-2D launch |
| 1999-04-03: Insat-2E | ||||
| French Guiana | 1999-04-02 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-04-02 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-2E launch |
| French Guiana | 1999-04-02 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-2E launch (reproductions of launch covers for the following satellites (Insat-2C and Telecom-2C, Intelsat-801, HotBird-1 and Brasilsat-B2, BSat-1b and Nilesat-101, MaqSat-B and MaqSat-H and TEAMSAT and YES) |
| Gabon | 1999-04-03 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-2E launch |
| 2000-03-21: Insat-3B (and AsiaStar) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2000-03-21 | Kourou | (C.E. SNECMA Section Philatélie) cachet on cover | Insat-3B launch |
| 2002-01-23: Insat-3C | ||||
| French Guiana | 2002-01-23 | Kourou | (KPS) cachet on cover | Insat-3C launch |
| French Guiana | 2002-01-23 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SNECMA) cachet on cover | Insat-3C launch |
| 2013-07-25: Insat-3D [meteorological only] (and Inmarsat-4A-F4 / Alphasat) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3D launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet (different) on cover | Insat-3D launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Historiaphil) cachet on cover | Insat-3D launch |
| French Guiana | 2013-07-25 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Insat-3D launch |
| 2003-09-27: Insat-3E (and eBird-1 and SMART-1) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou (black cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou (red cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou | (Arianespace) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| French Guiana | 2003-09-27 | Kourou | (Lollini multi-color printed and black and blue and red rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| France | 2003-09-28 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| France | 2003-09-28 | Nice | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| Gabon | 2003-09-28 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-3E launch |
| 2005-12-21: Insat-4A (and MSG-2) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou (black cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou (red cancel) | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou | (CPK?) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou | (Arianespace) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-21 | Kourou | (Lollini and several rubber-stamp) cachets on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| Gabon | 2005-12-21 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| France | 2005-12-22 | Paris | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| French Guiana | 2005-12-22 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4A launch |
| 2007-03-11: Insat-4B (and Skynet-5A) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2007-03-11 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4B launch |
| French Guiana | 2007-03-11 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Insat-4B launch |
| 2006-07-10: Insat-4C [failed] | ||||
| United States | 2006-07-10 | Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Insat-4C launch [failed] |
| 2007-09-02: Insat-4CR | ||||
| United States | 2007-09-02 | Colorado Springs CO, Peterson AFB | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | Insat-4CR launch |
| 2011-05-20: Insat-4G / GSat-8 (and ST-2) | ||||
| French Guiana | 2011-05-20 | Kourou | (Association Philatélique du C.E. SPS) cachet on cover | Insat-4G (GSat-8) launch |
| Gabon | 2011-05-21 | Libreville | (Lollini) cachet on cover | Insat-4G (GSat-8) launch |
| Insat (on other than Insat launch covers) | ||||
| French Guiana | 1998-04-28 | Kourou | (C.E. SEP Section Philatélie) cachet on BSat-1b and Nilesat-101 launch cover | (incorrectly noted as "Insat-2E" in text) |
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