ISRO: GSAT-10 satellite to be launched by Sept...

[david blain]

The satellite will be launched by European space consortium, Arianespace, from the spaceport at French Guiana

Thursday, July 19, 2012

BANGALORE, INDIA: The countdown to ship our communication satellite, GSAT-10, to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana has begun.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is all set to send it to the spaceport for its launch by the European space consortium, Arianespace, positively by September.

"GSAT-10 with 30 transponders is ready to be shipped for launch. This launch is expected in middle of September," ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan was quoted as saying on Saturday.

The geosynchronous satellite with an operational life of, at least, 15 years, would provide communication services as well as help augment existing services. It carries 12 normal C band, six extended C band, 12 Ku band transponders.

Also, the space research body has plans to conduct flight testing of its Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenous cryogenic engine and stage by next January.

According to Radhakrishnan's statement, ISRO has planned Chandrayaan-II mission in 2014, after successfully conducting two GSLV flights.

 

[tvsram1992]

GSLV come on show your talent . We need to launch our heavy satellites from Sriharikota only .

 

[Screambowl]

all the best.

 

[KRAIT]

Hope this thread won't turn into mocking of India's lack of heavy satellite launching capability.

 

[Yogi]

all the best iSRO
lets just hope this January GSLV truns out successful we really need GSLV so that we r no longer dependent on other nations for our own space launch