The advanced communication satellite
GSAT-10 of India was successfully launched on 28 September 2012 on board
Ariane-5 rocket from European spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket
placed GSAT-10 in the elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)
within 30 minutes and 45 seconds of its launch from the French station
just after injecting the European co-passenger ASTRA-2F in the orbit.
IGSAT-10 is the 101st space mission for
ISRO is a Rs 750 crore project that includes development of the
satellite along with its launch from the European launching station. The
3400 kg lift-off is the heaviest satellite built by the Indian Space
Research Organization headquartered at Bangalore. Designed with a life
span of 15 years the satellite will expand Indian radio-navigation,
direct-to-home broadcasting and telecommunication services to the next
level.
Soon after successful injection of the
satellite in the space, the command of control was taken by the ISRO's
Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka. K Radhakrishnan,
chairman of ISRO declared that the satellite will come into operation
from November 2012 for being used by the general community.
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