The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that it has lost all contact with the country’s most powerful communication satellite, the GSAT-6A, in less than 48 hours after it was launched on Thursday, 29th March. The key feature of the satellite was to provide mobile communication to India through a multi beam coverage facility.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that it has lost all contact with the country’s most powerful communication satellite, the GSAT-6A, in less than 48 hours after it was launched on Thursday, 29th March. The key feature of the satellite was to provide mobile communication to India through a multi beam coverage facility.
According to reports, ISRO's GSAT-6A satellite was facing some issues in communication after the second-orbit-raising exercise on Friday.
ISRO has stated, “After successful long duration firings, when satellite was on course to normal operating configuration for third and final firing, scheduled for April 1, 2018, communication from the satellite was lost. Efforts underway to establish link with satellite.”
ISRO had launched the home-made GSAT-6A communication satellite using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota on Thursday. The high power S-band communication satellite has a lifespan of around 10 years, and was launched from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port at 4.56 pm.
The Launch of GSLV-F08 marked the 12th flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV-F08 and sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic upper stage. GSAT-6A is similar to GSAT-6, a high power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years.
GSLV-F08, weighing 415.6 tonnes with a height of 49.1 metre also comes with notable improvements like induction of High Thrust Vikas Engine, electromechanical actuation system in place of electro-hydraulic actuation system.
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