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Regional channels of Doordarshan will be off air for approximately five hours on this coming Thursday due to a shift of satellite.
The regional channels are currently being beamed from INSAT-3A and they will be shifted to INSAT-4B with on December 10.
INSAT-3A will be taken out of orbit having come to the End of Life (EOL) according to a declaration made by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Four new transponders have been provided for these channels on INSAT-4B by ISRO.
The services will remain off air from midnight till 5 a.m on 10 December.]
However, last month GSAT-15 was launched by Arianespace for ISRO in a bid to expand Direct-To-Home (DTH), telecommunication and radio navigation services.
It will provide telecommunications services for the country, along with dedicated navigation-aid and emergency services.
The 3164 kg GSAT-15 carries communication transponders in Ku-band as well as a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.
In fact, GSAT-15 was launched in anticipation to the phasing out of satellite INSAT-3A and to a later date, the EOL of INSAT-4B.
The newly-launched satellite will provide an upgrade for Doordarshan who will be able to provide an increased number of channels to its viewers.
Doordarshan’s direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service Freedish has 64 channels including its own channels, and the parliamentary channels Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV.
The regional channels are currently being beamed from INSAT-3A and they will be shifted to INSAT-4B with on December 10.
INSAT-3A will be taken out of orbit having come to the End of Life (EOL) according to a declaration made by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Four new transponders have been provided for these channels on INSAT-4B by ISRO.
The services will remain off air from midnight till 5 a.m on 10 December.]
However, last month GSAT-15 was launched by Arianespace for ISRO in a bid to expand Direct-To-Home (DTH), telecommunication and radio navigation services.
It will provide telecommunications services for the country, along with dedicated navigation-aid and emergency services.
The 3164 kg GSAT-15 carries communication transponders in Ku-band as well as a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.
In fact, GSAT-15 was launched in anticipation to the phasing out of satellite INSAT-3A and to a later date, the EOL of INSAT-4B.
The newly-launched satellite will provide an upgrade for Doordarshan who will be able to provide an increased number of channels to its viewers.
Doordarshan’s direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service Freedish has 64 channels including its own channels, and the parliamentary channels Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha TV.
