GSAT-7
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GSAT-7 or INSAT-4F is a multi-band military communications satellite developed by ISRO. The Indian Navy is the user of the multi-band communication spacecraft, which has been operational since September 2013. According to defense experts, the satellite will enable the navy to extend its blue water capabilities and stop relying on foreign satellites like Inmarsat, which provide communication services to its ships.
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Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- GSAT-7
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communication
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2013-044B
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 39234
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Planned: 7 years Elapsed:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- I-2K
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- ISROSpace Applications Centre
- Spaceflight.power
- 3 kilowatts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kourou ELA-3
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Arianespace
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 7 November 2013, 23:12:49 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Geostationary
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 0.06 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 23.93 hours
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 1211
- Official website
- www.isro.gov.in/ISRO_HINDI/GSAT_7.html
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2013-08-29
- service life
- 7
- capital cost
- 1850000000
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Satellite
- Launch
- Capability
- Replacement
- See also
- References
- External links
GSAT-7 or INSAT-4F is a multi-band military communications satellite developed by ISRO. The Indian Navy is the user of the multi-band communication spacecraft, which has been operational since September 2013. According to defense experts, the satellite will enable the navy to extend its blue water capabilities and stop relying on foreign satellites like Inmarsat, which provide communication services to its ships.
==Satellite== GSAT-7, the multi-band communication satellite named Rukmini carries the payloads in UHF, C band and . It is the first dedicated military communication satellite (unlike earlier dual use satellites) built by ISRO that will provide services to the Indian Armed Forces with the main user being the Indian Navy. Its procured launch cost has been put at ₹480 crore, with the satellite costing ₹185 crore. Cost of whole project per Memorandum of Understanding with ISRO was ₹950 crores.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GSAT-7” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.