{"id":16458,"date":"2016-10-07T12:14:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=16458"},"modified":"2016-10-07T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T13:48:54","slug":"indias-communication-satellite-launched-successfully-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/indias-communication-satellite-launched-successfully-2\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Communication Satellite Launched Successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: Name the communication satellite of India that was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle on 6 October 2016?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) GSAT-16<br \/>\n(b) GSAT-14<br \/>\n(c) GSAT-18<br \/>\n(d) GSAT-17<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 6 October 2016 India\u2019s communication satellite GSAT-18 was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>It was launched from Kourou, French Guiana.<\/li>\n<li>The 3404 kg GSAT-18 carries 48 communication transponders in C-band, upper extended C-band and Ku-band for providing various services to the country.<\/li>\n<li>After a flight of 32 minutes and 28 seconds, GSAT-18 separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage in an elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 251.7 km and an apogee (farthest point to Earth) of 35,888 km, inclined at an angle of 6 degree to the equator.<\/li>\n<li>ISRO&#8217;s Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka took over the command and control of GSAT-18 immediately after its separation from the launch vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Preliminary health checks of the satellite revealed its normal health.<\/li>\n<li>The designed in-orbit operational life of GSAT-18 is about 15 years.<\/li>\n<li>GSAT-18, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), aims at providing telecommunication services by strengthening the space agency&#8217;s current fleet of 14 operational telecom satellites.<\/li>\n<li>Ariane 5 also launched Sky Muster\u2122 II for the Australian operator nbn (National Broadband Network).<\/li>\n<li>The Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE), an experimental communication satellite was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on July 19th 1981.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/gsat-18\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/Spacecraft\/gsat-18<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/06-oct-2016\/indias-gsat-18-communication-satellite-launched-successfully\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.isro.gov.in\/update\/06-oct-2016\/indias-gsat-18-communication-satellite-launched-successfully<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/mission\/ariane-flight-va231\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/mission\/ariane-flight-va231\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Name the communication satellite of India that was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle on 6 October 2016? (a) GSAT-16 (b) GSAT-14 (c) GSAT-18 (d) GSAT-17 Ans: (c) Related facts: On 6 October 2016 India\u2019s communication satellite GSAT-18 was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle. 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