ISRO launches military communication satellite GSAT-7A: All you need to know
India | December 20, 2018 1:48 ISTGSAT-7A was succesfully injected into its orbit by GSLV-F11 that was launched from Sriharikota on Wednesday.
GSAT-7A was succesfully injected into its orbit by GSLV-F11 that was launched from Sriharikota on Wednesday.
The mission life of the GSAT-7A, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation, is eight years.
GSAT-7 will have a mission life of eight years and it is built to provide communication capability to the users in Ku-band over the Indian region.
The satellite will play a vital role in providing broadband services across the country and also be a platform to demonstrate new generation applications
The satellite would be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and subsequently be raised to Geostationary Orbit by firing the Liquid Apogee Motor on-board the satellite.
The advanced communication satellite, which will also link Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states under the Digital India programme, was put into orbit by India's latest and heaviest geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-Mk III/D2) on Wednesday.
The rocket carrying the 3,423 kg GSAT-29 will sling it into Geo Transfer Orbit (GTO) just over 16 minutes into its flight.
The 2,066-ton home-made satellite, GSAT-6A was built at a cost of Rs 270 crore and is capable of sending and receiving signals from hand-held devices.
At present, the GSLV Mk III rocket has a carrying capacity of four tonnes. The Indian space agency is working on increasing GSLV Mk III's carrying capacity to six tonnes.
India on Thursday added GSAT-17 to its fleet of communication satellites after it was launched into orbit by heavy lift rocket Ariane 5 from Kourou in French Guiana, said European Space Agency Arianespace.
GSAT-17 with a lift-off mass of about 3,477 kg carries payloads in Normal C- band, Extended C-band and S-band to provide various communication services.
India's brand new and heaviest rocket - the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) - with the 3,136 kg communication satellite GSAT-19 on board, blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists for the successful launch of communication satellite GSAT-18, saying it was another "milestone" in India's space programme.
India’s latest high power communication satellite GSAT-18 was on Thursday successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.
New Delhi: GSAT-15, India's latest communication satellite, was successfully by Ariane-5 rocket in the early hours on Wednesday from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.Ariane-5, an European heavy lift launch vehicle, blasted off at
Chennai: European space agency Arianespace is gearing up for the Tuesday evening launch of Indian communication satellite GSAT-15 and Arabsat-6B through its rocket Ariane 5 from the spaceport in French Guiana, the space agency said.In
Bengaluru: India's latest Communication Satellite GSAT-15 is scheduled for launch on board Arianespace rocket from the space port of Kourou in French Guiana, on the monring of November 11.The launch of GSAT-15 with its co-passenger
Chennai: European space agency Arianespace will have its Launch Readiness Review (LRR) this Friday for the November 10 flight of Ariane 5 rocket with Indian communication satellite GSAT-15, the agency said.In a statement Arianespace said:
Bengaluru: GSAT-6, the country's latest communication satellite has been successfully positioned in its orbital slot, Indian Space Research Organization said today.“GSAT-6 has been successfully positioned in its orbital slot of 83 Deg E and collocated
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): An Indian rocket with over two tonne communication satellite GSAT-6, which has several strategic applications, blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport here on Thursday.Precisely at 4.52 p.m., the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Development
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