SRIHARIKOTA, Andhra Pradesh â India on Dec. 17 successfully placed its 42nd communication satellite CMS-01 (formerly GSAT-12R) in the geosynchronous transfer orbit in a textbook style.
India s brand new communication satellite CMS-01, with a life span of seven years, will provide services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum. The satellite will cover Indian mainland, Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands, said Indian Space Research Organization, the countryâs space agency.
The CMS-01 will be a replacement for GSAT-12 that weighed 1,410 kg and was launched on July 11, 2011 with a mission life of eight years.
Expressing his happiness at the successful launch of CMS-01 satellite, ISRO chairman K. Sivan said: âIn four days time, the CMS-01 satellite will be taken to its intended geosynchronous orbit. The satelliteâs solar panel has been deployed.â
ISRO stated that this will be the 22nd flight of the PSLV in the XL category and the 52nd overall PSLV flight. This will also be the 77nd flight of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. ISRO has used multiple versions the PSLV. The PSLV can not be used again after one use and some of it will be crashed into the Indian Ocean.
Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Chairman of ISRO, had announced that the newly developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carrying the Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-02) and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV) carrying EOS-3 will be launched after CMS-01. Other Indian satellites that are waiting in queue to be launched are the GISAT and Microsat-2A.
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