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GSAT-7 satellite placed in geosynchronous orbit


Mangalore Today/DHNS

Bangalore, Sep 4, 2013: India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from French Guiana by European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket on August 30, has been successfully placed in the geosynchronous orbit with an altitude of about 36,000 km above earth’s surface.

 

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Indian Space Research Organisation successfully completed the last of the three orbit-raising manoeuvres commanded from ISRO’s Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka yesterday, the space agency said in a statement.

The communication antennae of GSAT-7, including the UHF Helix antenna, were deployed successfully. Following this, GSAT-7 was put in its final orbital configuration and stabilised on its three-axis by the momentum wheels.

The GSAT-7 would reach its assigned orbital slot of 74 degree east longitude in the geostationary orbit within the next 10 days, the Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said.
On September 14, the communication transponders in UHF, S, C and Ku bands are planned to be switched on, it said.


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