GSAT-11

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).
    
    
  
  
  
• 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.
    
    
  
  
  
• 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.