NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GSAT-6

Launch Time
Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:22 UTC

Rocket

GSLV Mk II
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $47.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,887 kN
Payload to LEO: 5,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 51.7 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.0 m
Fairing Height: 7.8 m

Mission Details

GSAT-6

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,117.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2015

44th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

48th mission
3rd mission of 2015
36th successful mission
16th consecutive successful mission

GSLV Mk I & II

9th mission
1st mission of 2015
4th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission