COSPAR ID 2011-034A Mission duration 8 years Inclination 0.01° Period 24 hours | Operator ISRO SATCAT no. 37746 Launch date 15 July 2011 Inclination 0.01° Launch mass 1,412 kg | |
Dry mass 559 kilograms (1,232 lb) Similar GSAT‑8, Jugnu, SRMSAT, GSAT‑7, INSAT‑3C | ||
Pslv c17 onboard gsat 12 launched successfully
GSAT-12 is communication satellite designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Contents
Satellite
GSAT-12 is considered to be a replacement of the aged satellite INSAT-3B. It will provide services like tele-education, tele-medicine, disaster management support and satellite internet access.
People behind the GSAT-12
GSAT-12 holds the rare distinction of being launched by the all women core team. The project director was T.K.Anuradha, the mission director was Pramoda Hegde and the Operations director was Anuradha.S.Prakash.
Payloads
GSAT-12 is equipped with 12 Extended C-band transponders.
Launch
GSAT-12 was launched onboard PSLV-XL C-17 from second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre on July 15, 2011. The tentative life of satellite is 8 years.
References
GSAT-12 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA