GSAT-17
| GSAT-17 | |
|---|---|
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| Start date | June 28, 2017, 21:15 UTC |
| Launcher | Ariane 5 ECA VA238 |
| Launch site | Center Spatial Guyanais ELA-3 |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2017-040B |
| Takeoff mass | 3477 kg |
| Dimensions | 3.1 × 1.7 × 2 m |
| Manufacturer | ISRO |
| Satellite bus | I-3K |
| lifespan | 15 years |
| Stabilization | Three-axis stabilization |
| operator | ISRO |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 24 C-band transponders, 14 extended C-band transponders, S-band and UHF transponders |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 5.2 kW (EOL) |
| Power storage | Lithium ion batteries |
| position | |
| First position | 93.5 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
GSAT-17 is a commercial communications satellite operated by the Indian space agency ISRO .
It was on June 28, 2017 21:15 UTC with an Ariane 5 ECA - carrier rocket from the rocket launch site Guiana Space Center (along with Hellas-Sat 3 ) into a geostationary brought orbit.
The three-axis stabilized satellite is with 24 C-band and 12 upper extended C-band, 2 in the lower extended C-band transponders and with two MSS (Mobile Satellite Services in S-band ) and two DRT and SAS & R transponders (Data Relay and Search & Rescue Services in the UHF band) and is to provide telecommunications services from the position 93.5 ° East from India, the Middle East and areas in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. It was based on the satellite bus I-3K ISRO built and has a design life of 15 years. The Indian Cabinet granted approval for the construction of GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 on May 6, 2015.
Web links
- ISRO: manufacturer website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Arianespace: Ariane Flight VA238 - Arianespace , accessed June 30, 2017.
- ↑ NASASpaceFlight.com: Ariane 5 conducts dual payload launch for three providers , accessed June 30, 2017.
- ↑ raumfahrer.net: GSAT 17 and GSAT 18 fly Ariane 5 , accessed on June 30, 2017.
- ↑ R Renuka, PVN Murthy, Vaddi Raghavaiah: Charging analysis of antenna patch GSAT-17 . 2016, p. 1-4 , doi : 10.1109 / INCEMIC.2016.7921508 .