{"id":30268,"date":"2018-10-26T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30268"},"modified":"2018-10-26T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T09:33:07","slug":"gsat-6a-gives-india-bigger-eye-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gsat-6a-gives-india-bigger-eye-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"GSAT-6A gives India bigger eye in the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/gsat-6a-gives-india-bigger-eye-in-the-sky\/article23386677.ece\"><strong>GSAT-6A gives India bigger eye in the sky<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launch of GSAT-6A by ISRO<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully placed a communication satellite GSAT-6A in a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It was carried on board the GSLV F-08 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Communication Satellite<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vikas Engine:<\/strong>The GSAT-6A is a communication satellite that incorporates the high-thrust Vikas engine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complement GSAT-6:<\/strong>It will complement the GSAT-6, which is already in orbit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antenna of 6m in diameter:<\/strong>The GSAT-6A\u2019s antenna has a diameter of six metres \u2014 it can be unfurled and opened like an umbrella once it reaches its prescribed orbit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These two satellites i.e. GSAT-6 and GSAT-6A combined will provide platforms for development of advanced technologies such as the unfurlable antenna, hand-held devices, and ground networks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GSAT-6A gives India bigger eye in the sky Context Launch of GSAT-6A by ISRO What has happened? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully placed a communication satellite GSAT-6A in a geosynchronous transfer orbit. It was carried on board the GSLV F-08 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre A Communication Satellite Vikas Engine:The GSAT-6A is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gsat-6a-gives-india-bigger-eye-in-the-sky\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GSAT-6A gives India bigger eye in the sky<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704913979},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30268","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}