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ISRO launches latest communication satellite GSAT-6

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-08-27 18:04 GMT
The launch of Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D6 carrying GSAT-6 launched on August 27, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
ISRO gave a thumbs up reporting that the GSAT-6 has successfully been placed in geosynchronous orbit at 4.52 pm.
GSAT-6 was positioned at 83 degree East longitude.
GSAT-6 was positioned at 83 degree East longitude. You can watch the Live Webcast of the GSAT 6 launch at 4:52pm.
Five of GSAT-6's predecessors were launched by GSLV during 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2014 respectively.
The mission life of the satellite is nine years. The cuboid shaped GSAT-6 has a lift-off mass of 2117 kg. Of this, propellants weigh 1132 kg and the dry mass of the satellite is 985 kg.
GSAT-6 Satellite provides communication through five spot beams in S-band and a national beam in C-band for strategic users.
GSAT-6 is the 25th geostationary communication satellite of India built by ISRO and 12th in the GSAT series.
<p>Boosting the confidence of the designers of Indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D6) has placed the most advanced communication satellite (GSAT-6) in the designated orbit on Thursday evening.</p><p>In the ninth flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), GSLV-D6 took off majestically leaving orange flames behind much to the delight of people gathered to witness the launch from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, 90 km from Nellore City in AP.</p>

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