GSAT-6

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

11:22:00

Thursday August 27, 2015

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GSAT-6

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INSAT-4E, also known as GSAT-6, is a member of the INSAT family and is a multimedia communication satellite that will offer a Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) service across several digital multimedia terminals or consoles which can be used to provide information services to vehicles on the fly and to the mobile phones. The satellite can be used for other social and strategic applications.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,117 kilograms

Rocket

Active
GSLV Mk II

Active Since 2010

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$47.00 million

Rocket

Height: 51.7m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 5,000 kg

GTO: 2,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4m

Height: 7.8m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Second Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

31 days

Stats

GSLV Mk I & II


9th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2015

Indian Space Research Organisation


48th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2015

2015


44th

Orbital launch attempt