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GSAT-6

Rocket launch

by India

Launch time27 Aug 201511:22 UTC

success

Orbit: GTO

Serial number: D6

GSLV Mk II D6 with an Indigenous Cryogenic Engine (ICE) successfully ferried GSAT-6 payload into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) with injection parameters of 170 km x 35945 km, 19.96 degree inclination. The cuboid-shaped GSAT-6 satellite includes a technology demonstrator S-Band unfurlable antenna with a diameter of six metre which will provide S-band communication services during its expected mission life of nine years.

Rocket GSLVMk II

launched from Satish, SLPIndia

Payloads

Total mass 2117 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
GSAT-6---