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"This resulted in non-utilisation of the satellite for nearly half of its life," the central auditor said in the report that was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The GSAT-6 satellite, aimed at providing Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-D...

In its petition, Zee Media has sought settting aside the ministry's September 23 order and urged the court to restore the permission granted to it on October 31, 2019 to uplink its 10 channels simultaneously on Ku band.

Chandigarh, Nov 7 () Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched the 'Mission Shat Pratishat' for 2020-21, aimed at empowering schools to achieve 100 per cent results despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

GSAT 6A was launched in March last year and was meant to support military communications in hostile regions using handy ground terminals.

The satellite with a mission life of 15 years will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites

Weighing about 5,854 kg, GSAT-11 is the "heaviest" satellite built by ISRO.

IRNSS-1I, which will be launched by PSLV-C41 rocket from Sriharikota on April 12, will replace faulty IRNSS-1A navigation satellite, whose three Rubidium atomic clocks (meant to measure precise location data) had stopped working two years ago.

Data from the US-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) showed all three stages of placing it in orbit had gone off without a hitch.

Bengaluru, April 3 (IANS) Indian space scientists and engineers are making all-out efforts to establish a link with the communication satellite GSAT-6A launched on March 29, said an official on Tuesday.

Scientist are trying to send non-command messages to see if the communication satellite, that went blank within minutes of its launch, responded.

For Isro, this will be the second setback in seven months after a replacement satellite for Navic, the country’s navigation system failed in August to eject from the heat shield in space due to a snag.

ISRO Chairman K Sivan said preliminary data shows that there are chances of recovery,but establishing link with the satellite was the key.

The space agency lost contact with the satellite when it attempted to ignite the engine of satellite in a third and final move to its desired location in space.

The customary official statement on the manoeuvre, like the one after the first such exercise at 9.22am on Thursday, did not happen.

In a setback for its space programme, India on Sunday said it lost contact with its communication satellite GSAT-6A, which was launched on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on March 29. "After the successful long-duration firi...

Bengaluru, April 1 (IANS) In a setback for its space programme, India on Sunday said it lost contact with its communication satellite GSAT-6A, which was launched on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) on March 29.

The GSAT-6A, the twin of the GSAT-6 , is a high power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years. GSAT-6 was launched in 2015.

India on Thursday successfully launched the GSAT-6A satellite that would provide mobile communication facilities, using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08), in a copy book style.Watch: India successfully launches GSAT...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) India on Thursday successfully launched the GSAT-6A satellite that would provide mobile communication facilities, using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08), in a copy book...