GSAT-30 is a

telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

s satellite developed by the

Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...

(ISRO).

Mission

The satellite's main communication payload is 12 Ku band transponders for covering Indian mainland and islands and 12 C-band

transponders In telecommunications, a transponder is a device that, upon receiving a signal, emits a different signal in response. The term is a blend of ''transmitter'' and ''responder''. In air navigation or radio frequency identification, a flight trans ...

for extended coverage over

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

and Australia. The satellite will act as a replacement for the defunct

INSAT-4A INSAT-4A was the first one in the INSAT-4 Satellites series, providing services in the Ku and C band frequency bands. At the time of launch, it was the heaviest satellite India had produced. The Ku transponders cover the Indian main land and C-Ba ...

. The satellite provides advanced telecommunication services to the Indian subcontinent. It is used for

Very-small-aperture terminal A very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. The majority of VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Bit rates, in most cases, range from 4 kbit/s up to 16 ...

(VSAT) networks, television uplinks, digital satellite news gathering,

Direct-broadcast satellite Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna commo ...

(DTH) services and other communication systems. This is the 41st communication satellite launched by ISRO and the 24th launch of ISRO satellite by

Arianespace Arianespace SA is a French company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the operation and marketing of the Ariane programme. The company offers a number of different launch vehicles: the heavy ...

Satellite

The satellite is based on ISRO's

I-3K I-3K or the INSAT 3000 is a satellite bus developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and marketed by Antrix Corporation and New Space India Ltd. It is the standard bus for 3,000-kg class satellites; the 'I' in I-3K stands for INSAT, ...

bus. It was assembled by a consortium of mid-sized industries led by Alpha Design Technologies Ltd. at ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment at Bengaluru.

Launch

GSAT-30 satellite was launched aboard

Ariane 5 Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads int ...

launch vehicle ( VA251) from French Guiana on 21:05 UTC, 16 January 2020 or 02:35 IST, 17 January 2020. After three orbit raising burns with cumulative duration of 2 hours 29 minutes, GSAT-30 acquired station at 81° East on 25 January 2020. The launch of the GSAT-30 and

GSAT-31 GSAT-31 is a high-throughput telecommunication satellite developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Mission The satellite's main communication payload is Ku band and acts as a replacement of the aging INSAT-4CR. The satelli ...

by Arianespace is expected to cost Rs 950 crore.

References

{{Orbital launches in 2020 GSAT satellites Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Spacecraft launched by India in 2020 Ariane commercial payloads Satellites of India Communications satellites of India