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India launches ‘heaviest’ satellite for internet access – BBC News

12/05/2018 by admin


The heaviest, largest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite of India, GSAT-11 was launched successfully from Kourou Launch Zone today onboard Ariane 5 VA246 launch vehicle.Image copyright
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The satellite was launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana early on Wednesday

India’s heaviest satellite has gone into orbit on a French rocket to help boost broadband internet services.

Weighing about 5,854kg (12,906lb), the GSAT-11 is India’s “most-advanced” multi-band communication satellite.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launched the satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana early on Wednesday morning.

It will be placed in a geostationary orbit by the end of this month and its transponders will be switched on.

Isro chief K Sivan told reporters that the satellite will “play a vital role in providing broadband services across the country”.

Scientists say it will provide internet access to “off-grid” remote areas in India – hills and islands, for example – where traditional fixed-line broadband services are not available and would be helpful during emergencies and disaster relief. And it will also help provide internet connectivity during air travel in India.

India hired a French rocket to carry the satellite, which is expected to have a life span of 15 years, because it does not have a rocket to carry such a heavy payload.

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There are more than 440 million internet users in India, and the number is expected to double by 2022.

However, slow speeds or lack of services still affect access in the remotest areas where is there is no cable connectivity.

India has emerged as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market with dozens of communication and weather satellites in orbit.

In 2014, it successfully placed a space vessel in orbit around Mars, making it the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

It also launched 104 satellites of varying sizes in one go in 2018, overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014.



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