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ISRO Press Release 

           

September 03, 2013 

 

GSAT-7 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

 

India's advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana in the early hours of August 30, 2013, has been successfully placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit with an altitude of about 36,000 km above Earth's surface today (September 3, 2013) morning, after successfully completing the last of the three orbit-raising manoeuvres commanded from ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan. Later in the day, the communication antennae of GSAT-7, including the UHF Helix antenna, were deployed successfully. Following this, GSAT-7 was put in its final orbital configuration, stabilised on its three-axis by the momentum wheels.

 

The GSAT-7 Satellite would reach its assigned orbital slot of 74 degree East longitude in the Geostationary Orbit within the next 10 days. On September 14, 2013, the communication transponders in UHF, S, C and Ku bands are planned to be switched on.

           

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India's First 'Military' Satellite GSAT-7 Put Into Earth's Orbit

Bangalore | Sep 04, 2013

 

India's advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from French Guiana by European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket on August 30, has been successfully placed in the geosynchronous orbit with an altitude of about 36,000 km above earth's surface.

 

Indian Space Research Organisation successfully completed the last of the three orbit-raising manoeuvres commanded from ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka yesterday, the space agency said in a statement.

 

The communication antennae of GSAT-7, including the UHF Helix antenna, were deployed successfully. Following this, GSAT-7 was put in its final orbital configuration and stabilised on its three-axis by the momentum wheels.

 

The GSAT-7 would reach its assigned orbital slot of 74 degree east longitude in the geostationary orbit within the next 10 days, the Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said.

 

On September 14, the communication transponders in UHF, S, C and Ku bands are planned to be switched on, it said.

 

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