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Gsat 7 satellite launch in india.
India has successfully launched a new communication satellite from the satish dhawan space center on the eastern island of sriharikota.
India will launch its latest communication satellite gsat 7a from satish dhawan space centre at sriharikota onboard the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle gslv f11 on december 19 indian space research organisation said on wednesday.
India will be launching gsat 7a a military communication satellite for the indian air force iaf on december 19 with its geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle gslv mk ii rocket said indian.
Launch gsat 7a weighing 2 250 kilograms 4 960 lb was successfully launched on 19 december 2018 by gslv mk ii f11 rocket from second launch pad of satish dhawan space centre.
13 this three stage launch vehicle 51 meters tall has a lift off mass of about 421 tonnes and indigenously developed cryogenic stage.
On august 30 2013 india launched its first ever defence satellite into a geostationary orbit in space dedicated to enhance the military communication and expand its naval footprint according to indian space research organisation isro release.
Isro is expected to launch the second satellite gsat 7a in the second half of 2018.
Gsat series satellites being india s communication satellites the first of which gsat 1 was launched in 2001 what made this news especially noteworthy was its end user the indian navy 1.
It was the country s seventh launch this year.
India s first exclusive defence satellite gsat 7 was successfully launched by european space consortium arianespace s ariane 5 rocket from kourou spaceport in french guiana on friday giving a major push to the country s maritime security.
The 2 250 kg gsat 7a is the 35th indian communication satellite built by isro.
8 9 the state of the art gsat 7 satellite carrying payloads operating in uhf s c and ku bands had a lift off mass of 2 625 kilograms 5 787 lb and is based on isro s 2 500 kilograms 5 500 lb satellite bus with some new technological elements including the antennae.
Advanced multi band communication satellite gsat 7 was launched by india into space by isro from kourou spaceport in french guinea at 0200 hrs ist.