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India successfully launches home-made communications satellite

Xinhua, November 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

India Wednesday successfully launched its home-made communications satellite GSAT-15 from Kourou in French Guyana, a space official said.

"The state-owned Indian Space Research Organisation launched the over 3,000 kg satellite using one of the world's largest rockets, the Ariane-5," the official said, on condition of anonymity.

The satellite carried with it some 24 transponders that will help in direct-to-home broadcasting, the official said.

"It also carried a GPS-assisted geo-augmented navigation payload operating in L1 and L5 bands, which will help in aircraft navigation," he added. Endit