GSAT-6 satellite launch scheduled for August 27 at Sriharikota

The Space Research Organization of India on August 19 launch of Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D6 India conducting latest communication satellite GSAT-6 is scheduled for August 27, he said.



The launch of GSLV-D6 carry GSAT-6 is scheduled at 1652 hours the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, ISRO said. ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar had earlier said that the satellite would be for strategic implementation.

"It will give a capacity with very small handheld device to communicate as well as a small mobile can communicate directly via satellite to anywhere else, because the antenna size is very large, so it has a signal grab much larger power, "he had said.

K Sivan, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Thiruvananthapuram, had said the cost of the vehicle 2.5 tons would be about Rs 250 crore, adding that it is expected that the launch of GSAT 6 to give a big boost in the field of communication sector in the country.
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