GSAT-24 satellite leased to Tata, to be launched on June 22

GSAT 24 SATELLITE use Tata play

GSAT 24 satellite will provide high-quality television, telecommunication and broadcasting services in the country.

This satellite was sent to the launch site on 18 May.

Its health and performance is being checked

It weighs 4,180 kg

GSAT-24-SATELLITE

India's communication satellite GSAT-24  will be launched by Arianespace on June 22 from Kourou in French Guiana. Giving this information, the country's space agency ISRO has said that NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), which comes under the Department of Space (DoS), Government of India, has launched it under the first Demand Driven Mission. NSIL, a PSU, is going to launch this demand-driven communication satellite for Tata Sky.

GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite. Its weight is 4,180 kg. It will meet the needs of DTH applications across the country. In a statement, it has been told by ISRO that NSIL has leased the entire satellite capacity to 'Tata Play'. Tata Play was earlier known as Tata Sky.

After completing assembly, integration and environmental tests, the GSAT-24 satellite was approved by the PSR (Pre-Shipment Review) Committee on May 2. The satellite and associated equipment were sent to the launch site on May 18 by a C-17 Globemaster aircraft. There its health and performance is being checked.

Earlier in April, it was informed that this satellite will provide high-quality television, telecommunication and broadcasting services in the country. Arianespace said in a statement that two geostationary telecommunication satellites - MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 - will be sent on the Ariane 5 rocket. The first of these satellites is for Malaysian customers.

While India launches indigenously-built satellites for national requirements and customer-built satellites on board its own rockets, it also uses the services of the European launcher Ariane to fulfill certain missions from foreign soil. Given that India's maximum payload lift capability to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) is 4 tons, lifting GSAT-24 to orbit on an Indian rocket is not feasible.

Significantly, GSAT-24 will be the 25th Indian satellite orbited by Arianespace, highlighting the longstanding partnership. India's ties with launch provider Arianespace dates back to 1981, when Ariane 1 rocket launched Indian satellite APPLE (Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment). APPLE was an experimental communication satellite built by ISRO. In later years, Indian rockets have also orbited European satellites.