Expanded,added references and image
>Monkbot m (Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 8 templates: hyphenate params (5×);) |
imported>Ohsin (Expanded,added references and image) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox spaceflight | {{Infobox spaceflight | ||
| name | | name = INSAT 4E | ||
| image | | image = File:GSAT-6 seen with two halves of payload faring of GSLV-D6.jpg | ||
| image_caption | | image_caption = GSAT-6 seen with two halves of payload faring of [[GSLV]]-D6 | ||
| mission_type = [[Communications satellite|Communication]] | |||
| operator = [[INSAT]] | |||
| website = https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-6 | |||
| COSPAR_ID = | |||
| SATCAT = | |||
| mission_duration = Planned: 9 years <br/>Elapsed: {{time interval|27 August 2015|show=ymd|sep=,}} | |||
| spacecraft_bus = [[I-2K]] | |||
| manufacturer = [[Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre|ISRO Satellite Centre]]<br/>[[Space Applications Centre]] | |||
| dry_mass = {{convert| 985|kg | |abbr=on}} | |||
| launch_mass = {{convert|2117|kg}} | |||
| power = 3.1 kilowatts | |||
| launch_date = {{start-date|27 August 2015, 11:22|timezone=yes}} UTC | |||
| launch_rocket = [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV Mk.II]] D6 | |||
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad|SLP]] | |||
| launch_contractor = [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]] | |||
| entered_service = | |||
| disposal_type = | |||
| deactivated = <!-- {{end-date|[insert date here]}} --> | |||
| orbit_epoch = Planned | |||
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]] | |||
| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]] | |||
| orbit_periapsis = | |||
| orbit_apoapsis = | |||
| orbit_inclination = | |||
| orbit_period = | |||
| orbit_longitude = 83°E | |||
| orbit_slot = | |||
| apsis = gee | |||
| trans_band = 5, C x S transponders (9 megahertz bandwidth)<br/>5, S x C transponders (2.7 megahertz bandwidth){{clarify|date=June 2013}} | |||
| trans_frequency = | |||
| trans_bandwidth = | |||
| trans_capacity = | |||
| trans_coverage = | |||
| trans_TWTA = | |||
| trans_EIRP = | |||
| trans_HPBW = | |||
| programme = [[GSAT]] | |||
| previous_mission = [[GSAT-16]] | |||
| next_mission = [[GSAT-15]] | |||
}} | |||
'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/news/india-05zzv.html |title=ISRO proposes INSAT-4E satellite|publisher=spacedaily.com|access-date=2012-05-29}}</ref> | |||
==Satellite== | |||
| | [[File:Render of GSAT-6 spacecraft in deployed configuration.png|left|thumb|Render of GSAT-6 spacecraft in deployed configuration|215x215px]] | ||
| | INSAT-4E has five C x S transponders each of 9 MHz bandwidth and five S x C transponders each of 2.7 MHz bandwidth which will together cover the entire country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Application center|url=http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/asac-ongoing-satellite-gsat6_insat4e.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212932/http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/asac-ongoing-satellite-gsat6_insat4e.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|access-date=2012-05-29|publisher=sac.gov.in}}</ref> GSAT-6 uses a 0.8 meter (fixed) and one 6 meter S-Band unfurlable antenna (transmit and receive).<ref>{{Cite web|title=GSAT-6 - ISRO|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/gsat-6|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.isro.gov.in}}</ref> | ||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | The unfurlable antenna weighing 18 kg has CFRP truss construction with aluminium alloy joints and its parabolic gold plated molybdenum mesh is supported and shaped by cable mesh structures.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Upagrah newsletter Apr-June 2018|url=https://www.isac.gov.in/publications/upagrah/pdf/Upagrah-April-June2018.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109113635/https://www.isac.gov.in/publications/upagrah/pdf/Upagrah-April-June2018.pdf|archive-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> | ||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
GSAT-6 is identical in configuration to [[GSAT-6A]] which was launched later. | |||
==Launch== | ==Launch== |