GSAT-19E
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | INSAT |
Website | http://isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19 |
Mission duration | Planned: 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | I-3K |
Manufacturer |
ISRO Satellite Centre Space Applications Centre |
Launch mass | 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) |
Power | 5.6 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 2016[1] |
Rocket | GSLV Mk III D1 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
GSAT-19E is an Indian communications satellite scheduled by the Indian Space Research Organisation for launch aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III in December 2016.[1] The satellite will act as a testbed for the modular I-6K satellite bus, carrying experimental technologies such as ion thrusters for manoeuvring and stabilisation, active thermal control using thermal radiators, a miniaturised inertial reference unit, indigenously produced lithium-ion batteries, and C-band traveling-wave-tube amplifiers.[2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Isro to undertake the heaviest launch in December". Deccan Chronicle. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Annual Report: 2014-2015" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organisation. 2015. p. 26.
- ↑ "First Prototype of ISRO's Semi-Cryogenic Engine To Be Ready By 2016". AA Me, IN. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ "GSat 19E". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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