India's 23rd geostationary communication satellite, Gsat-14, entered its orbital home at 8am on Thursday.
The
third orbit-raising manoeuvre was successfully executed with a
172-second firing from Isro's Master Control Facility at Hasan in
Karnataka. With this, the spacecraft's nearest point to the earth, or
perigee, is 35,462km and the farthest, or apogee, is 35,741km.
After it entered its final orbital home, the cuboid-shaped spacecraft's east antenna was deployed at 9.18am and the west antenna at 11.30am
An Isro official told TOI that the testing of the payloads would be initiated in the next few days, before the spacecraft becomes operational towards the end of January or beginning of February.
The 12 communication transponders are expected to further augment the capacity in the Insat/Gsat system. The primary role of Gsat-14 will be in the areas of tele-education and tele-medicine.
The
third orbit-raising manoeuvre was successfully executed with a
172-second firing from Isro's Master Control Facility at Hasan in
Karnataka. With this, the spacecraft's nearest point to the earth, or
perigee, is 35,462km and the farthest, or apogee, is 35,741km. After it entered its final orbital home, the cuboid-shaped spacecraft's east antenna was deployed at 9.18am and the west antenna at 11.30am
An Isro official told TOI that the testing of the payloads would be initiated in the next few days, before the spacecraft becomes operational towards the end of January or beginning of February.
The 12 communication transponders are expected to further augment the capacity in the Insat/Gsat system. The primary role of Gsat-14 will be in the areas of tele-education and tele-medicine.
