GSAT-8
GSAT-8 | |
Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | INSAT |
COSPAR ID | 2011-022A |
SATCAT no. | 37605 |
Mission duration | Planned: 12 years Elapsed: 13 years, 4 months, 1 day |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | I-3K |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 3,093 kilograms (6,819 lb)[1] |
Dry mass | 1,426 kilograms (3,144 lb)[1] |
Power | 6,242 watts[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 May 2011, 20:38 (2011-05-20UTC20:38Z) UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 5ECA VA202 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 55° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 24 Ku band and 2 in L1 & L5 bands (GAGAN) |
GSAT ← GSAT-5P GSAT-12 → |
GSAT-8 or INSAT-4G is communication satellite. It was constructed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, as part of INSAT system. GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011, from Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket, an Ariane 5 was the carrier, marketed by the European Arianespace. First satellite to carry GAGAN payload followed up by GSAT-10 and in-orbit spare GSAT-15.[2][3]
Launch
Prior to launch, the spacecraft was transported from India to Cayenne – Rochambeau Airport in French Guiana by an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft. The success of the launch is said to have made up for the previous loss of two satellites on the indigenous GSLV rocket.[4][5] GSAT-8 was co-located with INSAT-3E at 55°E.
References
- ^ a b c "GSAT-8 Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "GAGAN - GPS Aided GEO Augumented Navigation". www.isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "SALIENT FEATURES OF GSAT-8". www.isac.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "GSAT-8 communication satellite launched successfully, India's advanced communication satellite". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
- ^ Naravane, Vaiju (21 May 2011). "Ariane 5 launches GSAT-8 from French Guiana, India's advanced communication satellite". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
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- GSAT-1† (Apr 2001)
- GSAT-2 (May 2003)
- GSAT-3 / EDUSAT (Sep 2004)
- GSAT-4† (Apr 2010)
- GSAT-5P† (Dec 2010)
- GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G (May 2011)
- GSAT-12 (Jul 2011)
- GSAT-10 (Sep 2012)
- GSAT-7 / INSAT-4F (Aug 2013)
- GSAT-14 (Jan 2014)
- GSAT-16 (Dec 2014)
- GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E (Aug 2015)
- GSAT-15 (Nov 2015)
- GSAT-18 (Oct 2016)
- GSAT-9 / South Asia Satellite (May 2017)
- GSAT-19 (Jun 2017)
- GSAT-17 (Jun 2017)
- GSAT-6A (Mar 2018)
- GSAT-29 (Nov 2018)
- GSAT-11 (Dec 2018)
- GSAT-7A (Dec 2018)
- GSAT-31 (Feb 2019)
- GSAT-30 (Jan 2020)
- CMS-01 / GSAT-12R (Dec 2020)
- CMS-02 / GSAT-24 (Jun 2022)
- GSAT-5 / INSAT-4D
Signs † indicate launch failures.