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GSAT-10

Mission type	Communication
COSPAR ID	2012-051B
SATCAT no.	38779
Mission duration	Planned: 15 years Elapsed: 12 years, 2 months, 20 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	I-3K
Manufacturer	ISRO Satellite Centre Space Applications Centre
Launch mass	3,435 kilograms (7,573 lb)
Dry mass	1,498 kilograms (3,303 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	29 September 2012 (2012-09-29)
Rocket	Ariane 5ECA
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Transponders
Band	12 Ku band 12 C-band 6 Lower Extended C-band 2 L1 & L5 bands (GAGAN)
Bandwidth	36 megahertz
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GSAT-10 is an Indian communication satellite which was launched by Ariane-5ECA carrier rocket in September 2012. It has 12 KU Band, 12 C Band and 6 lower extended c band transponders, and included a navigation payload to augment GAGAN capacity. Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in Geosynchronous orbit at 83.0° East, from where it will provide communication services in India.

Payload

• 12 high power K_U-band transponders employing 140 W TWTA. It is being used by Tata Sky
• 12 C Band Transponders employing 32 W TWTA.
• 6 extended C-Band Transponders each having a bandwidth of 36 MHz employing 32 W TWTA.
• GAGAN navigation payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.

Satellite

GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years was operational by November 2012 and will augment telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services. At 3,400 kg at lift-off, at the time, it was the heaviest satellite built by the Bengaluru-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was ISRO's 101st space mission. Arianespace's heavy lifting Ariane-5 ECA rocket launched the satellite about 30 minutes after the blast off from the European launch pad in South America at 2:48AM, prior to which it injected European co-passenger ASTRA 2F into orbit. GSAT-10 carries 30 transponders (12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six Extended C-Band), which will provide vital augmentation to INSAT/GSAT transponder capacity. The GAGAN payload will provide improved accuracy of GPS signals (of better than seven metres) which will be used by Airports Authority of India for civil aviation requirements. This is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, which was launched in May 2011.

Launch

GSAT-10 is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, launched in May 2011. The satellite was successfully launched on 29 September 2012 at 2:48 am (IST) on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

Cost

The satellite and launch fee cost the agency ₹750 crores.

See also

• Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
• Global Navigation Satellite System
• GPS
• GSAT

References

1. "GSAT-10 Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
2. "GSAT-10". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
3. "SALIENT FEATURES OF GSAT-10". www.isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "All set for launch of heaviest Indian satellite GSAT-10 tomorrow". Economic Times. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
5. "India's heavsets satellite GSAT-10 launched successfully". Zee News. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
6. "GSAT-10 to boost telecommunications". The Hindu. Retrieved 2012-09-30.

External links

• ISRO Future Programmes

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List of Indian satellites List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches List of ISRO missions
Satellites	Communication CMS 01 02 GSAT 1 2 3 (EDUSAT) 4 5P 6 6A 7 7A 8 9 (South Asia Satellite) 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 29 30 31 HAMSAT INSAT 1A 1B 1C 1D 2A 2B 2C 2D 2DT 2E 3A 3B 3C 3D 3DR 3DS 3E 4A 4B 4C 4CR 4E 4F 4G Planned: GSAT 20 22 23 24 Earth observation Bhaskara I II Cartosat 1 2 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 3 EMISAT EOS 1 2 4 7 8 HySIS IMS-1 IRS 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E P1 P2 P3 Megha-Tropiques Microsat Microsat-R Oceansat 1 2 Resourcesat 1 2 RISAT 1 2 2B 2BR1 Rohini RS-D1 RS-D2 SARAL SCATSAT-1 Technology Experiment Satellite (TESS) Planned: NISAR GISAT Oceansat-3 Resourcesat-3 RISAT-1A Experimental APPLE Aryabhata Rohini RS-1 Rohini Technology Payload (RTP) Navigation IRNSS 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 1G 1I NVS-01 Student satellites ANUSAT Jugnu SRMSAT StudSat StudSat-2 YouthSat Pratham
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Human spaceflight	Indian Human Spaceflight Programme SRE-1 SRE-II SRE-III Gaganyaan CARE Bharatiya Antariksha Station
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