In Pics: Check out these stunning images of India's new satellite GSAT-6A launch by ISRO
India's new high power S-band communication satellite has a lifespan of around 10 years.
The ISRO successfully 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 — which has a lifespan of around 10 years — was launched from the second launch pad at the Sriharikota rocket port at 4.56 pm.
In Pics: Check out these stunning images of India's new satellite GSAT-6A launch by ISRO
A view of fully integrated GSLV-F08 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Sriharikota. (Photo; PTI)
In Pics: Check out these stunning images of India's new satellite GSAT-6A launch by ISRO
Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), carrying the communication satellite GSAT-6A seen at the Umbilical Tower of the Second Launch Pad, at Sriharikota on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)
In Pics: ISRO successfully launches new satellite GSAT-6A from Sriharikota
The Indian Space Research Organisation''s (ISRO) GSAT-6A communications satellite launches on the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08) from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh on March 29, 2018. (Photo: AFP)
In Pics: ISRO successfully launches new satellite GSAT-6A from Sriharikota
An Indian onlooker watches as the ISRO launches new high power S-band communication satellite. (Photo: AFP)