GSAT-19E

GSAT-19E
Mission type Communications
Operator INSAT
Website http://isro.gov.in/gslv-mk-iii-d1-gsat-19
Mission duration Planned: 15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus I-3K
Manufacturer ISRO Satellite Centre
Space Applications Centre
Launch mass 3,200 kg (7,100 lb)
Power 5.6 kW
Start of mission
Launch date December 2016 (2016-12)[1]
Rocket GSLV Mk III D1
Launch site Satish Dhawan SLP
Contractor ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary

GSAT-19E is an Indian communications satellite scheduled by the Indian Space Research Organisation for launch aboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III in December 2016.[1] 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.[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Isro to undertake the heaviest launch in December". Deccan Chronicle. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report: 2014-2015" (PDF). Indian Space Research Organisation. 2015. p. 26.
  3. ↑ "First Prototype of ISRO's Semi-Cryogenic Engine To Be Ready By 2016". AA Me, IN. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "GSat 19E". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 27 May 2016.


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