GSAT-16 will be launched on december 6(likely)

[dinesh19]

since INSAT 3E expaired earlier this year, ISRO now planning to launch GSAT-16 six months advance to the actual launch date.earlier this was scheduled to launch on mid 2015.ISRO already got launch slot(december,2014) from launching station

 

[M.J.Sadiq]

Good news. But which DTH operator can use this satellite?

 

[dinesh19]

Good news. But which DTH operator can use this satellite?

it has 12 ku tps, at 55E.i think these tps will be wasted

 

[Thakur]

GSAT-16 is a geostationary communication
satellite which will carry 24 C-band, 12 Ku-
band and 12 Upper Extended C-band
transponders.

 

[dinesh19]

GSAT- 16 satellite direction 99.2°west

GSAT-16 is a geostationary communication
satellite which will carry 24 C-band, 12 Ku-
band and 12 Upper Extended C-band
transponders.

dont copy paste from unreliable sources.its not 99.2W.atleast think, isro has rights for this slot? check todays 'The Hindu'.you will get details.

 

[Sanjeev]

National space agency ISRO has decided to launch one of its upcoming communication satellites, GSAT-16, six months earlier than planned.

The 3,100-kg spacecraft, meant to support public and private television and radio services, large-scale Internet and telephone operations, was originally planned to be flown up around June 2015 on a European Ariane-5 launcher.

The decision to advance GSAT-16 launch came after the older INSAT-3E expired in March this year, according to ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan.

The plan to move an ISRO mission ahead is almost unprecedented. “GSAT-16 will replace INSAT-3E [in the same space orbit at 55 degrees East longitude]. It was planned to be launched in the middle of 2015. After 3E was decommissioned in April, we advanced GSAT-16, which will now go in December this year,” he told The Hindu recently.

The assembly venue in Bangalore, the ISRO Satellite Centre or ISAC, is ready with the spacecraft. “Advancing a satellite by five to six months is a difficult job, but we did it. We also got a slot from Arianespace (launch company) and as of now, we are talking of a launch (around) December 6,” he said. An earliest launch would otherwise have been April 2015.

GSAT-16 will offer 24 transponders in the C-band, 12 in the extended C-band and another 12 in the Ku band.

ISRO advances GSAT-16 launch by 6 months - The Hindu

 

[Deepu]

Good share Sanjeev bro :clap

 

[SarFa]

Good informative share Sanjeev bhai.

 

[shawl_who]

yup... not too useful for Indian DTH perspective... unless TS plans to shift to 55e

 

[SarFa]

GSAT-16 to launch in December
2015.


MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) has decided to
launch two satellites by next year.
GSAT-16 was scheduled to launch by
mid 2015, but a new announcement
from the ISRO states that it will be
launched by December 2014 itself.
The 3100 kg aircraft will be lifted into
space six months earlier on a
European Ariane 5 launcher. The
decision for advancement was taken
due to the expiration of INSAT 3E
that expired earlier this year and was
to be replaced by GSAT-16. A
tentative launch date is 6 December.
GSAT-16 will have 24 transponders in
the C-band, 12 in the extended C-
band and 12 in the Ku band to
support public and private television
and radio services, internet and
telephone operations
.
The government had approved Rs 865
crore to build this satellite including
fee for foreign launch and insurance
that constitute Rs 628 crore.
The satellite will be positioned at 55
degree east.
GSAT-16 to launch in December 2015 | Indian Television Dot Com