Anand Kumar Sharma

GSAT-24, a Pan India communication satellite for providing high quality television, telecommunication and broadcasting services was successfully launched on-board Ariane-5 VA257 flight from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana on 22 June 2022. 

The satellite is configured with the primary objective to augment satellite-based DTH and VSAT services in broadcast satellite service Ku-band. It carries 24 Ku-band transponders with an enhanced EIRP (Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power) of 53.5 dBW with coverage over the Indian mainland, Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands. VSAT is a very small aperture terminal that is a two-way ground station that transmits and receives data from satellites. The entire satellite capacity is leased to M/s Tata Play by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). GSAT-24 is the first demand driven mission of NSIL post space reforms…read more on NOPR