India’s 23rd geostationary communication satellite, GSAT-14, entered its orbital home at 8 am on Thursday.
The third orbit-raising manoeuvre was successfully executed with a 172-second firing from Isro’s Master Control Facility at Hasan in Karnataka. With this, the spacecraft’s nearest point to the earth, or perigee, is 35,462 km and the farthest, or apogee, is 35,741 km.
After it entered its final orbital home, the spacecraft’s east antenna was deployed at 9.18 am and the west antenna at 11.30 am
The testing of the payloads would be initiated in the next few days, before the spacecraft becomes operational towards the end of January or beginning of February. The 12 communication transponders are expected to further augment the capacity in the Insat/GSAT system.
The third orbit-raising manoeuvre was successfully executed with a 172-second firing from Isro’s Master Control Facility at Hasan in Karnataka. With this, the spacecraft’s nearest point to the earth, or perigee, is 35,462 km and the farthest, or apogee, is 35,741 km.
After it entered its final orbital home, the spacecraft’s east antenna was deployed at 9.18 am and the west antenna at 11.30 am
The testing of the payloads would be initiated in the next few days, before the spacecraft becomes operational towards the end of January or beginning of February. The 12 communication transponders are expected to further augment the capacity in the Insat/GSAT system.
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