GSAT-10

GSAT -10 is a commercial Indian communications satellite.

He was placed in a geostationary orbit on September 28, 2012 21:18 UTC clock by an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, together with Astra 2F.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 12 Ku-band and 18 C-band transponders and will provide the Indian subcontinent with telecommunications services from the position of 83 degrees East in co-location with Insat -4A and GSAT -12. For this, the satellite carries four antennas having a diameter of 2,2, 2,2 x2, 4, 0.7 and 0.9 m in diameter. In addition, the satellite also carries the Indian GAGAN system for GPS support in the area of India. For their charisma has the satellite as it did GSAT - 8 is a 0.8 x 0.8 meters measuring antenna array with 16 elements each. GSAT -10 was built on the basis of the Indian I- 3K satellite bus and has a design life of 15 Jahren.Vorlage: Future / In 5 years