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SO WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
On November 14, 2018, ISRO launched the communication satellite GSAT-29 on board its second developmental flight GSLV-Mk III D2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
SPECIFICATIONS OF GSAT-29
SPECIFICATIONS OF GSAT-29
Weighing 3,423 kg at lift-off, GSAT-29 is the heaviest satellite to be launched from India. With a mission life of 10 years, it is the 33rd communication satellite built by ISRO.
SPECIFICATIONS OF GSAT-29
According to ISRO, “GSAT-29 is a multi-beam, multiband communication satellite.” Its payloads are designed to mainly focus on connectivity to the users in the hilly and geographically inaccessible areas, especially those in Jammu & Kashmir and North Eastern regions of India.
SPECIFICATIONS OF GSAT-29
- It also carries a Geo High-Resolution Camera to aid in high-resolution imaging.
- For the first time, an optical communication payload will be utilised for data transmission at a very high rate.
- A combination of high throughput satellites — GSAT-19, GSAT-29, GSAT-11 and GSAT-20 — would provide the high speed internet needed for the success of the Digital India programme
SPECIFICATIONS OF GSLV MK III
What is the difference between GSLV and PSLV? Both PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) are the satellite-launch vehicles (rockets) developed by ISRO.
PSLV
PSLV is designed mainly to deliver the “earthobservation” or “remote-sensing” satellites with lift-off mass of up to about 1750 Kg PSLV is a four-staged launch vehicle with first and third stage using solid rocket motors and second and fourth stages using liquid rocket engines.
PSLV NOTES
Some notable payloads launched by PSLV include India’s first lunar probe Chandrayaan-1, India’s first interplanetary mission, Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) and India’s first space observatory, Astrosat.
GSLV
- The GSLV is designed mainly to deliver the communication-satellites to the highly elliptical (typically 250 x 36000 Km) Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
- GSLV MK III – GSLV Mk III is a three-stage heavy lift launch vehicle developed by ISRO. The vehicle has two solid strap-ons, a core liquid booster and a cryogenic upper stage.
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