{"id":253368,"date":"2023-07-25T20:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=253368"},"modified":"2023-07-25T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:12:08","slug":"oneweb-to-set-up-indias-first-satellite-network-portal-site-in-gujarat-what-is-the-project-its-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/oneweb-to-set-up-indias-first-satellite-network-portal-site-in-gujarat-what-is-the-project-its-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"OneWeb to set up India\u2019s first \u2018satellite network portal site\u2019 in Gujarat: What is the project, its significance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/b> The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cOneWeb to set up India\u2019s first \u2018satellite network portal site\u2019 in Gujarat: What is the project, its significance?\u201d\u00a0 <\/b>published in<\/span> Indian Express on 23rd July 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Gujarat government\u2019s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with One Web India Communications Pvt Ltd to establish a \u2018satellite network portal site\u2019 in Mehsana, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is OneWeb?<\/b><\/h2>\n

OneWeb Network Access Associates Limited<\/span> is a communications company that aims to build broadband satellite Internet services. T<\/span>he company is headquartered in London.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is powered by a constellation of 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.<\/span><\/p>\n

It enables high-speed, low latency connectivity for governments, businesses and communities everywhere around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s Bharti Enterprises is a major investor in OneWeb group.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the MoU signed between the Gujarat<\/b> government and One Web?<\/b><\/h2>\n

OneWeb will set up a\u00a0 ‘satellite network portal sites’ in Mehsana, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n

OneWeb currently has 648 satellites in LEO orbiting at 1,000-1,200 km making 13 orbits per day, covering the entire globe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The portal site will serve as a signal and data downlink and uplink terminal or base station on the ground, an intermediary for data transmission through satellite tracking antenna systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this, the portal site will aim to provide affordable connectivity to various sectors including the government, offering continuous and secure satellite internet at affordable rates nationwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The setting up of this portal site <\/span>will require a slew of regulatory approvals from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) and spectrum allocation from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).<\/span><\/p>\n

Why was Gujarat chosen for the satellite<\/b> network portal site?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The decision to set up the satellite network portal site in Gujarat was based on geographical and business interests, with Gujarat\u2019s long coastline making it suitable for maritime sector coverage. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cOneWeb to set up India\u2019s first \u2018satellite network portal site\u2019 in Gujarat: What is the project, its significance?\u201d\u00a0 published in Indian Express on 23rd July 2023. What is the News? The Gujarat government\u2019s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with One… Continue reading OneWeb to set up India\u2019s first \u2018satellite network portal site\u2019 in Gujarat: What is the project, its significance?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-253368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":15,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702728669},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}