GSAT-7 has been successfully been launched into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) at 02:00 hrs IST today (August 30, 2013) by the Ariane-5 launch vehicle of Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana.
The India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite entered the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) after a flight of 34 minutes 25 seconds duration.
Soon after the launch ISRO’s Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka started acquiring the signals five minutes prior to the separation of GSAT-7 from Ariane-5 launch vehicle. The solar panels of the satellite have been deployed and they are generating power. As per the initial checks the satellite is at normal health.
The present orbit of the satellite will be raised to Geostationary Orbit of about 36,000 km altitude through three orbit raising manoeuvres by firing of GSAT-7’s Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM).
Preparations are underway for the first firing, planned in the early hours of August 31, 2013. The satellite will be placed in the Geostationary Orbit by September 04, 2013.
The India’s advanced multi-band communication satellite entered the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) after a flight of 34 minutes 25 seconds duration.
ISRO's first defence satellite, GSAT-7/INSAT4F, is expected to drastically improve the nation's maritime secuirty and intelligence gathering along the Indian Ocean region.
The present orbit of the satellite will be raised to Geostationary Orbit of about 36,000 km altitude through three orbit raising manoeuvres by firing of GSAT-7’s Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM).
Preparations are underway for the first firing, planned in the early hours of August 31, 2013. The satellite will be placed in the Geostationary Orbit by September 04, 2013.
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