COSPAR ID 2016-060A Power 6,474 watts Launch mass 3,404 kg Bus I-3K | SATCAT no. 41793 Launch date 2016 Launch mass 3,404 kg Mission type Communications satellite | |
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Operator Indian National Satellite System Website www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-18 Mission duration Planned: 15 years
Elapsed: 4 months, 26 days Manufacturers Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre, Space Applications Centre Similar Sky Muster, SCATSAT‑1, INSAT‑3DR, Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36 | ||
Arianespace flight va231 sky muster ii and gsat 18
GSAT-18 is an Indian communications satellite. Built by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 12 extended C-band, and 12 Ku-band transponders.
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- Arianespace flight va231 sky muster ii and gsat 18
- Isro s communication satellite gsat 18 successfully launched from french guiana
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The satellite was launched on 5 October 2016 at approximately 20:30 UTC aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch vehicle inserted the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, and once in service it will occupy the orbital slot at 74° East longitude. The spacecraft and launch service cost about US$153 million.
GSAT-18 was originally scheduled to launch on 12 July 2016 alongside Japan's Superbird-8 satellite, but a shipping mishap which damaged Superbird-8 forced a delay in the launch schedule. Arianespace later paired GSAT-18 with Australia's Sky Muster II for a 4 October 2016 launch. The launch was delayed 24 hours to 5 October due to excessively high crosswinds at the launch site.
Isro s communication satellite gsat 18 successfully launched from french guiana
