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Bangalore: India will launch a heavier and
advanced communication satellite (GSAT-16)
with 48 transponders on board an European
rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana,
South America, on December 4, a senior space
agency official said on Wednesday.
"We are getting ready to launch GSAT-16 Dec 4
on an Ariane-5 rocket of the European space
agency Arianespace with 48 transponders,
including 24 in C band, 12 in Ku band and 12 in
extended C-band," Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) satellite centre director S.
Shiva Kumar told reporters here.
The 3.1-tonne GSAT-16 will be placed at 55
degrees east over India in the geo-stationary
orbit, about 36,000 km above the earth.
The satellite is the 11th among GSAT series and
24th geo-stationary communication satellite with
a lifespan of 12 years.
The transponders, which receive and transmit
radio signals at high frequency (36MHz), will be
used for various communication services,
including VSATs (very small aperture terminals),
television broadcasting, civil aviation and back-
up.
"The transponders will be used by private
industry and state-run agencies for their diverse
communication needs," Kumar said.
As GSAT-16 will be launched from an overseas
spaceport (Kourou) using a procured rocket, the
space agency has insured it for Rs.865 crore.
"GSAT-16 will replace the INSAT-3E, which
expired in April," Kumar added.
INSAT-3E was also launched from Kourou
onboard Ariane-5G on September 29, 2003.
With a total of 168 transponders in the C,
extended C and Ku-bands, the INSAT and GSAT
series of satellites provide services to telecom,
television broadcasting, weather forecasting,
disaster warning and search and rescue
operations.
The space agency, however, launched GSAT-14
from its spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh, about 90 km northeast of Chennai,
January 5, 2014, using its heavy rocket
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-
D5) with an indigenous cryogenic engine.
The nearly two-tonne GSAT-14, with six
extended C-band and Ku-bandAtransponders and
two Ka-band beacons is being used for
telemedicine and tele-education service
India to launch heavier satellite from Kourou Dec 4 - By news.indiaonline.in
advanced communication satellite (GSAT-16)
with 48 transponders on board an European
rocket from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana,
South America, on December 4, a senior space
agency official said on Wednesday.
"We are getting ready to launch GSAT-16 Dec 4
on an Ariane-5 rocket of the European space
agency Arianespace with 48 transponders,
including 24 in C band, 12 in Ku band and 12 in
extended C-band," Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) satellite centre director S.
Shiva Kumar told reporters here.
The 3.1-tonne GSAT-16 will be placed at 55
degrees east over India in the geo-stationary
orbit, about 36,000 km above the earth.
The satellite is the 11th among GSAT series and
24th geo-stationary communication satellite with
a lifespan of 12 years.
The transponders, which receive and transmit
radio signals at high frequency (36MHz), will be
used for various communication services,
including VSATs (very small aperture terminals),
television broadcasting, civil aviation and back-
up.
"The transponders will be used by private
industry and state-run agencies for their diverse
communication needs," Kumar said.
As GSAT-16 will be launched from an overseas
spaceport (Kourou) using a procured rocket, the
space agency has insured it for Rs.865 crore.
"GSAT-16 will replace the INSAT-3E, which
expired in April," Kumar added.
INSAT-3E was also launched from Kourou
onboard Ariane-5G on September 29, 2003.
With a total of 168 transponders in the C,
extended C and Ku-bands, the INSAT and GSAT
series of satellites provide services to telecom,
television broadcasting, weather forecasting,
disaster warning and search and rescue
operations.
The space agency, however, launched GSAT-14
from its spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh, about 90 km northeast of Chennai,
January 5, 2014, using its heavy rocket
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-
D5) with an indigenous cryogenic engine.
The nearly two-tonne GSAT-14, with six
extended C-band and Ku-bandAtransponders and
two Ka-band beacons is being used for
telemedicine and tele-education service
India to launch heavier satellite from Kourou Dec 4 - By news.indiaonline.in
