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Ariane-5. Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou. GSAT-16 is the twenty fourth communication satellite of India configured to carry a total of 48 transponders (12 K u, 24 C and 12 C ue, each with a bandwidth of 36 MHz [ 262 ]), which was the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time.
The Indian National Satellite System or INSAT, is a series of multipurpose geostationary satellites launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to satisfy telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic communication system in the Indo-Pacific Region.
With multiple sub-sites the Sriharikota island facility acts as a launching site for India's satellites. [61] The Sriharikota facility is also the main launch base for India's sounding rockets. [62] The centre is also home to India's largest Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) and houses the Static Test and Evaluation Complex (STEX). [62]
Following the successful demonstration flights of Bhaskara-1 and Bhaskara-2 satellites launched in 1979 and 1981, respectively, India began to develop the indigenous Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite program to support the national economy in the areas of agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology, geology, water sheds, marine fisheries and coastal management.
LVM3. The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3[ 1 ][ 15 ][ 16 ] (previously referred as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III or GSLV Mk III) [ a ] is a three-stage [ 1 ] medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Primarily designed to launch communication satellites into geostationary orbit ...
Satish Dhawan Space Centre. LVM3 M3 on the SLP with 36 OneWeb satellites (2023). Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR), [1] is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The Centre currently has two functioning launch pads used for launching ...
The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) is a ISRO space observatory to study polarization of cosmic X-rays. It was launched on 1 January 2024 on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ( PSLV-C58 ). [ 13 ] [ 14 ] XPoSat will study the 50 brightest known sources in the universe, including pulsars , black hole X-ray binaries , active galactic nuclei ...
GSAT-11. GSAT-11 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite. [ 3][ 4] The 5854 kg [ 5] satellite is based on the new I-6K Bus and carries 40 transponders in the Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies (32 Ka × Ku-Band Forward Link Transponders and 8 Ku × Ka band Return Link Transponders), which are capable of providing up to 16 Gbit/s ...