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INDIA - SPACE
PROGRAMME - GSAT |
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Date-wise Events |
- May 20, 2011: GSAT-8:
It was launched on this day to augment the capacity in the
INSAT system.
- July 15, 2011: GSAT-12:
It was launched on this day to replacement the INSAT-3B; to
provide services like tele-education, tele-medicine,
disaster management support and satellite internet access.
- September 29, 2012: GSAT-10:
It was launched on this day to augment telecommunication,
Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services.
- August 30, 2013: GSAT-7:
It was launched on this day to enable the Indian Navy to
acquire blue water capabilities and need not depend on
foreign satellites.
- January 05, 2014: GSAT-14:
It was launched on this day to replace the GSAT-3 satellite;
launched by a GSLV Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built
cryogenic engine on the third stage.
- December 06, 2014: GSAT-16:
It was launched on this day to provide a combination of
total 48 transponders across the three frequency bands.
- August 27, 2015: GSAT-6:
Launched on this day.
A multi-media mobile satellite system; will offer a
Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) service,
via mobile phones and mobile video/audio receivers for
vehicles; Can also be utilized for strategic and social
applications.
- November 10, 2015: GSAT-15:
It was launched on this day to augment the capacity of
transponders to provide more bandwidth for DTH television
and VSAT services.
- October 05, 2016: GSAT-18:
It was launched on this day to provide services in Normal
C-band, Upper Extended C-band and Ku-bands of the frequency
spectrum.
- May 05, 2017: GSAT-9:
It was launched on this day with GAGAN navigation payload, a
regional GPS navigational system developed by India, that
will provide GPS services to the security forces and air
traffic control organizations.
- June 05, 2017: GSAT-19:
It was launched on this day via the first maiden
(developmental) flight of GSLV Mark III.
- June 28, 2017: GSAT-17:
It was launched on this day to carry payloads in normal
C-band, extended C-band and S-band for the purpose of
providing various communication services. It also has
equipment for meteorological data relay and satellite-based
search and rescue services being provided by earlier INSAT
satellites.
- Dec 05, 2018: GSAT-11: It is an
advanced communication satellite, which is also the largest
and the heaviest ever built by ISRO. It was successfully
launched on this day by the European commercial launch
provider Arianespace in the early hours of Wednesday from
Kourou space centre, French Guiana.
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Description |
GSAT satellites are India's
indigenously developed technologies of communications
satellites, used for digital audio, data and video broadcasting.
This programme enables India to become and remain self-reliant
in broadcasting services. The programme also provides services
to telecommunications, television broadcasting, weather
forecasting, disaster warning and search and rescue operations. |
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