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ISRO to launch
two satellites in
current financial
year
New Delhi: Indian space agency, ISRO, will
launch GSAT-15 satellite in the current
financial year and GSAT-16 by mid-2015, the
government said on Wednesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
is expected to launch GSAT-15 satellite in
2014-15, which will carry 24 Ku-bad
transponders and a GAGAN (GPS Allied geo
Augmented Navigation) payload, said Jitendra
Singh, Minister of State for Department of
Space, during a written response to a question
in Lok Sabha.
It will be the replacement for Ku-band
capacity of INSAT-3A and INSAT-4B to
augment the capacity of existing DTH and
VSAT services in the country, which will
benefit the civil aviation services in the
country, said Singh.
The minister said that GSAT-16, which is also
expected to be launched between 2014-15,
will carry 48 transponders in C-band, Ku-band
and Upper Extended C-bands and will also
replace INSAT-3E, adding that it will also help
in augmenting and supporting the existing
telecommunication, television, VSAT and other
satellite based services in the country.
Following the approval of both the satellites in
July 2013, the government has allocated Rs
859 crore for GSAT-15 and Rs 865 crore for
GSAT-16.
Recently, ISRO has launched the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C23) rocket
with five foreign satellites from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota, an even which
was witnessed by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/isro-to-launch-two-satellites-in-current-financial-year_947921.html
two satellites in
current financial
year
New Delhi: Indian space agency, ISRO, will
launch GSAT-15 satellite in the current
financial year and GSAT-16 by mid-2015, the
government said on Wednesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
is expected to launch GSAT-15 satellite in
2014-15, which will carry 24 Ku-bad
transponders and a GAGAN (GPS Allied geo
Augmented Navigation) payload, said Jitendra
Singh, Minister of State for Department of
Space, during a written response to a question
in Lok Sabha.
It will be the replacement for Ku-band
capacity of INSAT-3A and INSAT-4B to
augment the capacity of existing DTH and
VSAT services in the country, which will
benefit the civil aviation services in the
country, said Singh.
The minister said that GSAT-16, which is also
expected to be launched between 2014-15,
will carry 48 transponders in C-band, Ku-band
and Upper Extended C-bands and will also
replace INSAT-3E, adding that it will also help
in augmenting and supporting the existing
telecommunication, television, VSAT and other
satellite based services in the country.
Following the approval of both the satellites in
July 2013, the government has allocated Rs
859 crore for GSAT-15 and Rs 865 crore for
GSAT-16.
Recently, ISRO has launched the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C23) rocket
with five foreign satellites from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota, an even which
was witnessed by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/isro-to-launch-two-satellites-in-current-financial-year_947921.html