TNPSC Thervupettagam

ISRO's GSAT-11

December 6 , 2018 2181 days 900 0
  • Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO's GSAT-11 satellite also called the "Big Bird " was successfully launched into space from the French space port of Kourou in South America.
  • It will help provide satellite-based internet to remote places where cable-based internet cannot reach.
  • The satellite, weighing 5,854 kg, is the heaviest Indian-made equipment that the agency (ISRO) put into its orbit.
  • GSAT-11 is equivalent to the combined power of almost all communications satellites sent into orbit by India.

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