It was the first "demand driven" communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms. NSIL, a Government of India company under the Department of Space, has leased the entire satellite capacity to Tata Play. GSAT-24: India s Latest Communication Satellite Successfully Launched by Arianespace.
India's communication satellite GSAT-24 was placed in orbit by European space agency Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5 Flight VA 257 which took off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou in French Guiana in the early hours of Thursday, Indian time.
The Ariane-5 rocket launched India's GSAT-24 a Ku-band 4-ton class communications satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).
NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) launched GSAT-24 in its first demand-driven communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider Tata Play
isro satellite GSAT-24 update: India's latest communication satellite GSAT-24 was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. The GSAT-24 satellite was built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). With the launch of GSAT-24, NSIL now owns and operates a fleet of 11 Geo-satellites in space orbit. What is