GSAT-19E

Launch data: Designation  42747 / 17031A Launch date  05 June 2017 - 11:58 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, SLP Launch vehicle  GSLV-III (GSLV Mk 3-D1) Ref #7 Mission  Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35786 x 35801 km Eccentricity   Inclination   0.1° Period  1436.01 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• GSAT-19 is an Indian communications satellite launched by the ISRO. The satellite will act as a testbed for the modular I-6K satellite bus, carrying experimental technologies such as ion thrusters for manoeuvring and stabilisation, active thermal control using thermal radiators, a miniaturised inertial reference unit, indigenously produced lithium-ion batteries, and C-band traveling-wave-tube amplifiers
• The satellite carries a Ka- and Ku-band high throughput payload along with a Geostationary Radiation Spectrometer (GRASP) payload to monitor and study the nature of the charged particles and influence of space radiation on spacecraft and electronic components. GSAT-19 also features certain advanced spacecraft technologies including miniaturised heat pipe, fibre optic gyro, Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) accelerometer, Ku-band TTC transponder, as well an indigenous Lithium-ion Battery.

Mission details:

• The first orbital launch of ISRO's GSLV Mk 3 launch vehicle was a success.
  GSLV Mk 3-D1 took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island on Jun 5, 2017. The design of the rocket is broadly similar to the Ariane 5, with two strapon boosters, a core stage, and an upper stage wich performs direct insertion to geotransfer orbit without first entering a parking orbit.
  The payload was the 3136 kg GSAT-19 communications satellite.

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