{"id":65602,"date":"2018-03-30T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/isro-tested-new-launch-capabilities-with-gsat-6a-mission\/"},"modified":"2018-03-30T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T17:10:11","slug":"isro-tested-new-launch-capabilities-with-gsat-6a-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/isro-tested-new-launch-capabilities-with-gsat-6a-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO Tested New Launch Capabilities with GSAT 6A Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Indian Space Research Organization<\/strong> (ISRO) successfully orbited the country\u2019s new communications satellite, GSAT 6A, this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. This is the fifth successful mission in a row for ISRO\u2019s GSLV Mk2 since the agency redesigned the rocket in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The launch offered ISRO the opportunity to test new launch capabilities intended to support future missions, including India\u2019s second lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan 2 set for this fall. GSLV\u2019s second stage flew with an upgraded Vikas engine for the first time, which has an enhanced payload capability of 50 percent, according to <em>The Times of India.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GSAT-6A, a communication satellite, will provide new possibilities for mobile applications. Proud of @isro for taking the nation towards new heights and a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 29, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"osano\/blocked\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Like its predecessor GSAT 6, GSAT 6A operates in the S-band and has a lifespan of approximately 10 years. The satellite will provide mobile communications throughout the country in combination with handheld ground terminals, and will also provide communications services for the <strong>Indian Armed Forces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully orbited the country\u2019s new communications satellite, GSAT 6A, this morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. This is the fifth successful mission in a row for ISRO\u2019s GSLV Mk2 since the agency redesigned the rocket in 2014. The launch offered ISRO the opportunity to test new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}