Maritime communications satellite GSAT-7 to be launched on Friday
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30-08-2013, 10:49 AM
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Maritime communications satellite GSAT-7 to be launched on Friday
Maritime communications satellite GSAT-7 to be launched on Friday
From http://netindian.in/news/2013/08/28/0002...hed-friday India's first dedicated martime communications satellite, GSAT-7, will be launched in the early hours of Friday by Ariane-5 VA 215 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources said the launch window was between 0200 and 0250 hours on August 30. Public broadcaster Doordarshan will telecast the launch live from 0140 hours on Friday, they said. Arianespace said the flight had been approved for liftoff with two communications satellites -- GSAT-7 and EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1. The authorization followed yesterday's successful launch readiness review conducted at the spaceport. EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1, built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), will ride in the upper position of Ariane 5’s payload “stack,” to be deployed first during the 34-minute flight sequence. Once in orbit, the spacecraft will be used by European telecommunications operator Eutelsat Communications and Qatar’s Es’hailSat Satellite Company to deliver Ku-band television broadcasting, telecommunications and government services for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. Its Ka-band capability will open business opportunities in these regions for both operators, a statement from Arianespace said. GSAT-7, with a lift-off mass of 2,625 kg, will be released second. Built by ISRO, it will provide India with UHF, S-band, C-band and Ku-band relay capacity over the India land mass. The satellite is adapted from India’s I-2K spacecraft bus, which also was used for the INSAT-3D satellite – lofted by Arianespace’s most recent Ariane 5 mission on July 25. |
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30-08-2013, 03:32 PM
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RE: Maritime communications satellite GSAT-7 to be launched on Friday
good news to all indians thankx bro!
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