![]() The GSAT-7A, a military communications satellite, in deployed configuration | |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
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Country of origin | India |
Operator | INSAT |
Applications | Communications |
Specifications | |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Production | |
Status | In service |
Launched | 20 |
Operational | 14 |
Retired | 6 |
The GSAT (Geosynchronous Satellite)[1] satellites are India's indigenously developed communications satellites, used for digital audio, data and video broadcasting. As of 5 December 2018, 20 GSAT satellites manufactured by ISRO have been launched, out of which 14 are in service.
History
[edit]The GSAT series of geosynchronous satellites is a system developed by ISRO with an objective to make India self-reliant in broadcasting services. The system includes a total of 168 transponders (out of which 95 are leased out to provide services to broadcasters) in the C, Extended C and Ku bands, providing services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, weather forecasting, disaster warning and search and rescue operations.
List of GSAT satellites
[edit]This is a list of GSAT satellites and their status.
Satellite | Longitude | Date of launch | Launch vehicle | Lift-off mass | Status | Notes | ||
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GSAT series | INSAT series | Known as | ||||||
GSAT-1 | - | GramSat 1[2] | 73° West (2000) 99° West (2000–2006) 76.85° West (2006–2009) |
18 April 2001 | ![]() |
1,540 kg (3,400 lb) | Failed to orbit (Experimental satellite) |
Envisaged as a technology demonstrator; Failed to achieve its target orbit, which prevented it from fulfilling its primary communications mission. |
GSAT-2 | - | GramSat 2[3] | 47.95° East | 8 May 2003 | ![]() |
1,825 kg (4,023 lb) | Decommissioned (Experimental satellite) |
Experimental communication satellite on board the second developmental test flight of India's GSLV. |
GSAT-3 | - | EduSat | 74° East | 20 September 2004 | ![]() |
1,950 kg (4,300 lb) | Decommissioned (30 September 2010) |
Built exclusively to serve the educational sector. It was mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite-based distance education system for the country. |
GSAT-4 | - | HealthSat | 82° East | 15 April 2010 | ![]() |
2,220 kg (4,890 lb) | Failed to orbit | Experimental communication and navigation satellite; maiden flight of the GSLV Mk.II rocket. |
GSAT-5 | INSAT-4D[4] | ![]() |
2,250 kg (4,960 lb) | Cancelled | Rebuilt as the GSAT-5P. | |||
GSAT-5P | - | 55° East | 25 December 2010 | ![]() |
2,310 kg (5,090 lb) | Failed to orbit | As a replacement for INSAT-3E. | |
GSAT-6 | INSAT-4E | 83° East | 27 August 2015 | ![]() |
2,132 kg (4,700 lb) | In service | A multimedia mobile satellite system; will offer a Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) service, via mobile phones and mobile video/audio receivers for vehicles; can also be utilized for strategic and social applications. | |
GSAT-6A | - | 29 March 2018 | ![]() |
2,140 kg (4,720 lb) | Communication lost | Communication with the satellite was lost after the second orbit raising manoeuvre. Efforts are on to re-establish link but at this point it remains incommunicado.[5] | ||
GSAT-7 | INSAT-4F[6] | Rukmani | 74° East | 30 August 2013 | ![]() |
2,650 kg (5,840 lb) | In service | According to defense experts, to enable the Indian Navy to acquire blue water capabilities and remove dependence on foreign satellites like Inmarsat, which provide communication services to its ships. |
GSAT-7A | - | Angry Bird | 19 December 2018 | ![]() |
2,250 kg (4,960 lb) |
In service | GSAT-7A is an advanced military communications satellite meant exclusively for the Indian Air Force. | |
GSAT-7B | - | 20XX | ![]() |
Planned | Military communication satellite for Indian Army[7] | |||
GSAT-7C | - | 20XX | ![]() |
Planned | Military communication satellite for Indian Air Force[8] | |||
GSAT-7R | - | 20XX | ![]() |
Planned | Replacement for GSAT-7 Rukmini for Indian Navy[9] | |||
GSAT-8 | INSAT-4G | GramSat 8[10] | 55° East | 20 May 2011 | ![]() |
3,093 kg (6,819 lb) | In service | To augment the capacity in the INSAT system; the GAGAN payload provides the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), through which the accuracy of the positioning information obtained from the IRNSS satellites is improved by a network of ground-based receivers and made available to users in the country through the geostationary satellites. |
GSAT-9 | - | South Asia Satellite | 48° East | 5 May 2017 | ![]() |
2,330 kg (5,140 lb) | In service | Carried GAGAN navigation payload, a regional NAVIC navigational system developed by India, that provides navigational services to the security forces and air traffic control organizations. |
GSAT-10 | - | 83° East | 29 September 2012[11] | ![]() |
3,435 kg (7,573 lb) | In service | To augment telecommunication, direct-to-home and radio navigation services. | |
GSAT-11 | - | 74° East | 4 December 2018 | ![]() |
5854 kg
(12,906 lb) |
In service | Aimed at providing advanced telecom and direct-to-home services in the country. Heaviest satellite built by India. | |
GSAT-12 | - | GramSat 12[12] | 83° East | 15 July 2011 | ![]() |
1,412 kg (3,113 lb) | Decommissioned (March 2023) |
Replacement of the INSAT-3B; to provide services like tele-education, telemedicine, disaster management support and satellite internet access. Only GSAT satellite to be launched by PSLV. |
GSAT-12R | - | CMS-01 | 83° East | 17 December 2020 | ![]() |
1,425 kg (3,142 lb) | In Service | Replacement satellite of GSAT-12. |
GSAT-14 | - | 75° East | 5 January 2014 | ![]() |
1,982 kg (4,370 lb) | In service | To replace the GSAT-3 satellite; launched by a GSLV Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage. | |
GSAT-15 | - | 93.5° East | 10 November 2015 | ![]() |
3,100 kg (6,800 lb) | In service | Similar to GSAT-10 satellite; to augment the capacity of transponders to provide more bandwidth for direct-to-home television and VSAT services. | |
GSAT-16 | - | 55° East | 6 December 2014 | ![]() |
3,150 kg (6,940 lb) | In service[13] | The communication payloads provide a combination of total 48 transponders across the three frequency bands (24 in Normal C band, 12 in Extended-C band and 12 in Ku-band) along with a Ku-band beacon transmitter, which is the highest for an Indian satellite. The spacecraft will be co-located with GSAT-8 at 55 deg E. | |
GSAT-17 | - | 93.5° East | 28 June 2017 | ![]() |
3,477 kg (7,551 lb) | In service[14] | Payload includes 24 C-band, 2 lower C-band, 12 upper C-band, 2 CxS (C-band up/S-band down), and 1 SxC (S-band up/C-band down) transponders as well as a dedicated transponder for data relay (DRT) and search-and-rescue (SAR) services. | |
GSAT-18 | - | 74° East | 5 October 2016 | ![]() VA-231 |
3,404 kg (7,505 lb) | In service[14] | To provide services in Normal C-band, Upper Extended C-band and Ku bands of the frequency spectrum.[15] | |
GSAT-19 | - | 48° East | 5 June 2017 | ![]() |
3,136 kg (6,914 lb) | In service[16] | Maiden (developmental) flight of GSLV Mark III | |
GSAT-20 | - | CMS-03 GSAT-N2 |
55° East | Q2 2024 | ![]() |
5,300 kg (11,684 lb) | Planned[17] | |
GSAT-22 | - | 2024 | ![]() |
Planned[18] | ||||
GSAT-23 | - | 2024 | ![]() |
Planned[18] | ||||
GSAT-24 | - | CMS-02 GSAT-N1 |
48° East | 22 June 2022 | ![]() |
4,181 kg (9,218 lb) | In Service | |
GSAT-29 | - | 55° East | 14 November 2018 | ![]() |
3,423 kg (7,546 lb) | In service[19] | Second developmental flight of GSLV Mark III | |
GSAT-30 | 83° East | 17 January 2020 | ![]() |
3,547 kg (7,820 lb) | In Service[20] | Replacement satellite for INSAT-4A | ||
GSAT-31 | 48° East | 6 February 2019 | ![]() |
2,535 kg (5,589 lb) | In Service[21] | |||
GSAT-32 | GSAT-N3 | Q1 2025 | ![]() |
4,500 kg (9,900 lb) | Planned[18] | Replacement of GSAT–6A. |
See also
[edit]- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
- List of Indian satellites
- List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches
References
[edit]- ^ "ISRO GeoStationary Satellites". isro.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
- ^ "GSAT 1". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "GSAT 2". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "GSat 5 (Insat 4D)". Gunter's Space Page. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "The second orbit raising operation of GSAT-6A satellite has been successfully carried out by LAM Engine firing for about 53 minutes on March 31, 2018 in the morning. - ISRO". Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "GSAT 7". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Military communication satellite for Indian Army approved". Deccen Herald. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Defence ministry clears proposal for GSAT-7C satellite for IAF: A look at other military satellites in India". Firstpost. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Pubby, Manu (18 July 2019). "Navy to buy Rs 1,589 crore satellite from ISRO". Economic Times. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "GSAT 8". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "GSAT 10". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "GSAT 12". NASA. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Ariane 5 delivers DIRECTV-14 and GSAT-16 to orbit on Arianespace's latest mission success". Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2015-2016" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organisation. December 2015. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-05.
- ^ "GSAT-18 launched successfully on board Ariane-5 from Kourou in French Guiana". 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Now, ISRO successfully puts GSAT-19 satellite in orbit with GSLV Mk-III". The New Indian Express. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Falcon 9 Block 5 - GSAT-20". Next Spaceflight. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Kumar, Chethan (5 October 2021). "Space PSU NSIL to launch 4 more demand-driven communication satellites". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ ISRO successfully launches the GSAT-29 satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Wednesday. Bangalore Mirror. 14 November 2018.
- ^ "India's communication satellite GSAT-30 launched successfully". ISRO. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "India's 40th Communication Satellite, GSAT-31, Launched". NDTV. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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