.jpg)
Sat up to watch this. Real history, given how long the Indian Navy has wanted this. India’s first dedicated military satellite was placed into orbit early this morning by the Ariane-5 rocket, launched from Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite will be exclusive for use by the Indian Navy that’s so far had to share bandwidth on India’s existing space platforms, including the INMARSAT family of satellites.
The GSAT-7 will be activated for operations on September 14 in a geostationary orbit 36,000-km above the equator.
According to ISRO, “GSAT-7 is an advanced communication satellite built by ISRO to provide wide range of service spectrum from low bit rate voice to high bit rate data communication. GSAT-7 Communication payload is designed to provide communication capabilities to users over a wide oceanic region including the Indian land-mass. The payload configuration is compatible with I-2.5K bus of ISRO. The GSAT-7 payload design includes Multiband communication.”
Congratulations to the navy, ISRO and the GSAT-7 team!
What is the use of this Navy Satellite when China, Pakistan and Myanmar are taking our land inch by inch everyday.
Recently there was news that 50 Jawan resigns every day from BSF and 35,000 wants to take early retirement. Even people are not interested in joining Army nowadays because nobody wants to die when secular political party leaders have loyalty outside India.
Great News..
Congratulations to ISRO
Hi shiv,
its 36,000kms, not 36,0000….thnx
Yes, I do agree to [email protected]..
It also circles the earth about every 90 minutes, so those living in optimal locations might be able to see the station up to 6 times in one night.PTA dstv social page