India's most recent communication satellite GSAT-17 launched

Bengaluru, Jun 29 India's most recent communication satellite GSAT-17 was today successfully launched by an overwhelming obligation rocket of Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana, adding teeth to its present armada of 17 working correspondence satellites.

The GSAT arrangement of geosynchronous satellites is a framework created by the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) with a goal to make the nation independent in broadcasting services.

The European launcher Arianespace Flight VA238 launched from Ariane Launch Complex No 3 (ELA 3) at Kourou, a French region situated in northeastern shore of South America at 2:45 am IST, a couple of minutes behind the booked time of 2:29 am.

The 3,477-kg GSAT-17 was infused soon after circling co-traveler Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN in a perfect flight enduring around 39 minutes.

"GSAT-17 effectively propelled by Ariane-5 VA-238 from Kourou, French Guiana," the city-headquartered ISRO reported after the mission. The planned in-circle operational existence of GSAT-17 is around 15 years, it said.

ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka assumed control over the charge and control of GSAT-17 instantly after its partition from the dispatch vehicle, and the preliminary health checks of the satellite revealed its normal functioning.

Arranged around I-3K amplified transport, GSAT-17 with a lift-off mass of around 3,477 kg conveys payloads in Normal C-band, Extended C-band and S-band to provide various communication services.

It additionally conveys hardware for meteorological information transfer and satellite based hunt and safeguard administrations being given by before INSAT satellites.

GSAT-17 that will reinforce ISRO s current armada of 17 broadcast communications satellites was propelled into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).

This was the third satellite launch mission by ISRO this month, the other two being first formative flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions- - both from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

GSLV MkIII successfully launched GSAT-19 satellite on June 5 while PSLV-C38 circled Cartosat-2 Series satellite alongside 30 co-traveler satellites on June 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center.

GSAT-17 is additionally ISRO's third communication satellite to successfully reach orbit in the past two months.

ISRO, which has been subject to Ariane-5 rocket for conveying its heavier satellites, is creating GSLV Mk III for this reason.

Declaring the successful launch of the satellite, Arianespace CEO Stephane Israel tweeted: "Affirmed: GSAT-17 has effectively isolated from its #Ariane5 launcher #VA238 @ISRO."

Thanking Arianespace, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Dr K Sivan, who watched the launch from the mission control focus called it a "course book mission".

Portraying the launch as an special mission for ISRO, he stated, "GSAT-17 is a need of great importance for ISRO and India as it gives the progression in administrations of maturing two satellites, and in addition increasing our transponder capacity, and augmenting our frame of reference to mobile satellite services and in addition to Antarctica areas."

GSAT-17 was the 21st satellite from ISRO to be propelled by Arianespace.

In the coming days, circle raising moves will be performed to put GSAT-17 satellite in the Geostationary Orbit (36,000 km over the equator) by utilizing the satellite s impetus framework in steps, the space organization has said.

Amid the last phases of its circle raising operations, the two sunlight based exhibits and both the reception apparatus reflectors of GSAT-17 will be sent and following this, the satellite will be placed in its last orbital arrangement.

It said GSAT-17 will be situated at its assigned orbital space in the geostationary circle and will be co-situated with a portion of the Indian operational geostationary satellites, and later it is wanted to turn on the correspondence payloads of the satellite.

After the fruitful culmination of all the in-circle tests, GSAT-17 will be prepared for operational utilize.

GSAT-17 s co-traveller Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN is a two-payload "condosat" created by Thales Alenia Space for Hellas Sat and Inmarsat.

Once in orbit, the Hellas Sat 3 component will deliver direct to-home and telecom services to keep up and grow Hellas Sat s business reach, while the Inmarsat S EAN segment gives the satellite segment of Inmarsat s new European Aviation Network.

Hellas Sat (member from the Arabsat Group) is a premium satellite operator, offering administrations in Europe, the Middle East and South Africa from the orbital position of 39 East.

Inmarsat is the main supplier of global mobile satellite communications services. The total payload carried on Flight VA238 is approximately 10,177 kg.