GSAT-10

GSAT-10 is an Indian communication satellite which was launched by Ariane-5ECA carrier rocket in September 2012. It has 12 KU Band, 12 C Band and 6 lower extended c band transponders, and included a navigation payload to augment GAGAN capacity.[2] Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in Geosynchronous orbit at 83.0° East, from where it will provide communication services in India.

GSAT-10
Mission typeCommunication
COSPAR ID2012-051B
SATCAT no.38779Edit this on Wikidata
Mission durationPlanned: 15 years
Elapsed: 11 years, 27 days
Spacecraft properties
BusI-3K
ManufacturerISRO Satellite Centre
Space Applications Centre
Launch mass3,435 kilograms (7,573 lb)
Dry mass1,498 kilograms (3,303 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date29 September 2012 (2012-09-29)
RocketAriane 5ECA
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre ELA-3
ContractorArianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Transponders
Band12 Ku band
12 C-band
6 Lower Extended C-band
2 L1 & L5 bands (GAGAN)
Bandwidth36 megahertz
 

Payload
  • 12 high power KU-band transponders employing 140 W TWTA. It is being used by Tata Sky
  • 12 C Band Transponders employing 32 W TWTA.
  • 6 extended C-Band Transponders each having a bandwidth of 36 MHz employing 32 W TWTA.
  • GAGAN navigation payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.[3]

Satellite

GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years was operational by November 2012 and will augment telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services. At 3,400 kg at lift-off, at the time, it was the heaviest satellite built by the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was ISRO's 101st space mission. Arianespace's heavy lifting Ariane-5 ECA rocket launched the satellite about 30 minutes after the blast off from the European launch pad in South America at 2:48AM, prior to which it injected European co-passenger ASTRA 2F into orbit. GSAT-10 carries 30 transponders (12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six Extended C-Band), which will provide vital augmentation to INSAT/GSAT transponder capacity. The GAGAN payload will provide improved accuracy of GPS signals (of better than seven metres[4]) which will be used by Airports Authority of India for civil aviation requirements. This is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, which was launched in May 2011.

Launch

GSAT-10 is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, launched in May 2011. The satellite was successfully launched on 29 September 2012 at 2:48 am (IST) on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. [5]

Cost

The satellite and launch fee cost the agency ₹750 crores. [6]

See also

References
  1. "GSAT-10 Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. "GSAT-10". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  3. "SALIENT FEATURES OF GSAT-10". www.isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  4. "All set for launch of heaviest Indian satellite GSAT-10 tomorrow". Economic Times. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  5. "India's heavsets satellite GSAT-10 launched successfully". Zee News. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  6. "GSAT-10 to boost telecommunications". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
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