GSAT-11
GSAT-11 – ISRO’s heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite – was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
About:
- Features:
- GSAT-11 is the heaviest (weighing 5,854-kg), largest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite of India.
- GSAT-11 carries 8 transponders for the first time in the complex and efficient Ka frequency band; and 38 transponders in the Ku band. The Ka band enables smart coverage of places with multiple and reusable spot beams.
- In the days ahead, the satellite will be positioned at 74-degree east longitude in the Geostationary Orbit (36,000 km above the equator).
- GSAT-11 is the heaviest (weighing 5,854-kg), largest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite of India.
- Application:
- It is the third in a series of four satellites that will provide the country broadband connectivity of over 100 gigabytes per second.
- It will boost the broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible Gram Panchayats in the country coming under the Bharat Net Project, which is part of Digital India Programme.
- It is the third in a series of four satellites that will provide the country broadband connectivity of over 100 gigabytes per second.
- Launch Vehicle:
- It was launched by launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-246, which lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana carrying India’s GSAT-11 and South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellites.
- Ariane 5 is one of three launch vehicles operated by Arianespace along with Soyuz and Vega.
- It was launched by launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-246, which lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana carrying India’s GSAT-11 and South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellites.
Source: PIB