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India's GSLV-F08 successfully injects Communication Satellite GSAT-6A into orbit on 29th March, 2018


ISRO successfully placed a communication satellite GSAT-6A into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite was carried  onboard the GSLV-F08 launch vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Thursday,  March 29th, 2018 at 16:56 hrs IST

The GSLV-F08 is the 12th flight of GSLV launch vehicle and sixth flight with indigenous cryogenic stage.  The launch took place from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Center

The GSAT-6A is a communication satellite that will complement the GSAT-6 which is already in orbit  The diameter of the antenna of this satellite is 6 meters - it can be unfurled and opened like an umbrella once it reaches the prescriibed orbit and improve India's communication capabilities.

The GSAT-6A is a high power S-band communication satellite and its mission life is about 10 years.



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