Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: The Indian Space Research Organisation is set to launch a communications satellite tomorrow that will improve access to communication networks, specifically in the Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast regions.
The satellite called GSAT-29 is a communications satellite with two separate payloads designed to improve telecommunication and internet services under the ‘Digital India’ program in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast. The high-speed bandwidth will bridge the digital divide in the hinterland.
The satellite, developed by ISRO, will be carried on the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV-III) rocket to low-Earth orbit. Along for the ride are also a few additional payloads – an experimental Q and V band communication satellite, a device for optical communication and a high-resolution camera – part of a demonstration for use in future ISRO space missions.
The launch of the GSAT-29 satellite on the 64-tonne GSLV-III rocket adds to a series of test flights ISRO is carrying out to develop the agency’s heaviest rocket for use in the manned space mission planned for 2022.
This is going to be second major J&K specific step of the ISRO as last month it signed MoU with the Central University of Jammu for setting up of the Satish Dhawan Center for Space Science in the University on the intervention of Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr Jitendra Singh.
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