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GSat 16 [ISRO]
GSAT-16 is a 3-axis body stabilized geostationary communications satellite based on ISROs I-3K (I-3000) bus to provide communication services/augment the existing services.
GSAT-16 was approved by the Government on 17 July 2013. It will carry 24 C-band and 12 Ku-band transponders. GSAT-16 spacecraft will provide replacement for the INSAT-3E spacecraft and will also augment the C and Upper Extended C-band capacity.
The satellite will be ready for launch on board Ariane-5ECA at the end of 2014.
| Nation: | India |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Insat |
| Contractors: | ISRO |
| Equipment: | 24 C-band transponders, 12 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | I-3K (I-3000) Bus |
| Propulsion: | LAM |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 3180 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSat 16 | 2014-078A | 06.12.2014 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with DirecTV 14 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
Further GSat missions:
- GSat 1 [I-2K]
- GSat 2 [I-2K]
- GSat 3 (EduSat) [I-2K]
- GSat 4 (HealthSat) [I-2K]
- GSat 5 [I-2K]
- GSat 5P [I-2K]
- GSat 6, 6A [I-2K]
- GSat 7 [I-2K]
- GSat 7A [I-2K]
- GSat 7R (CMS 03) [I-4K Bus]
- GSat 8 [I-3K]
- GSat 9 (South Asian Satellite) [I-2K]
- GSat 10 [I-3K]
- GSat 11 [I-6K]
- GSat 12, 12R (CMS 01) [I-1K]
- GSat 14 [I-2K]
- GSat 15 [I-3K]
- GSat 16 [I-3K]
- GSat 17 [I-3K]
- GSat 18 [I-3K]
- GSat 19 [I-3K]
- GSat 20 (GSat N2) [I-4K]
- GSat 22 [I-3K]
- GSat 23 [I-3K]
- GSat 24 (GSat N1, CMS 02) [I-3K]
- GSat 29 [I-3K]
- GSat 30 [I-3K]
- GSat 31 [I-2K]
- GSat 32 (GSat N3) [I-8K]
