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GSAT-29 satellite launched successfully
November 16 , 2018
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- ISRO has successfully launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-29, which was put in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III D2 (GSLV-Mk III D2).
- It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
- GSLV-Mk III D2 is India’s 5th generation heavy-lift rocket, which launched GSAT-29 weighing 3,423 kg making it heaviest satellite launched in that orbit by an Indian launch vehicle.
- The GSLV Mk III is the designated rocket for India’s first human spaceflight proposed for 2022 and Chandrayaan-2 in January 2019.
- It carries Ka and Ku band transponders that will provide communication services to remote places in the North East and Jammu and Kashmir.
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