ISRO to launch GSAT-6A satellite today. Here's all you need to know
ISRO is all set to launch GSLV-F08 carrying the GSAT6A communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota at 4.56pm today. Today's launch will add another feature in ISRO's cap as it is mastering the technique of making home-made communication satellites. The GSAT-6A is the twin of the GSAT-6 launched in 2015.
GSLV Mk II (F08) carrying GSAT-6A will take off from the second launch pad in Sriharikota. Today's launch will mark its 12th flight 12th flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV-F08 and sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic upper stage.
The GSAT-6A, the twin of the GSAT-6 , a high power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years. GSAT-6 was launched in 2015
A key feature of the satellite is providing mobile communication to India through multi beam coverage facility.
The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6 m S-Band Unfurlable Antenna, handheld ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite based mobile communication applications.
GSLV-F08, weighing 415.6 tonnes with a height of 49.1 metre comes with notable improvements like induction of High Thrust Vikas Engine, electromechanical actuation system in place of electro-hydraulic actuation system.
GSLV Mk II (F08) carrying GSAT-6A will take off from the second launch pad in Sriharikota. Today's launch will mark its 12th flight 12th flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV-F08 and sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic upper stage.
The GSAT-6A, the twin of the GSAT-6 , a high power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years. GSAT-6 was launched in 2015
A key feature of the satellite is providing mobile communication to India through multi beam coverage facility.
The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6 m S-Band Unfurlable Antenna, handheld ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite based mobile communication applications.
GSLV-F08, weighing 415.6 tonnes with a height of 49.1 metre comes with notable improvements like induction of High Thrust Vikas Engine, electromechanical actuation system in place of electro-hydraulic actuation system.