GSAT-19

GSAT-19
	Render of GSAT-19
Mission type	Communications
Operator	INSAT
COSPAR ID	2017-031A
SATCAT no.	42747
Website	GSAT-19
Mission duration	Planned: 10 years; Elapsed: 7 years, 4 months, 15 days
Spacecraft properties
Bus	I-3K
Manufacturer	ISRO Satellite Centre; Space Applications Centre
Launch mass	3,136 kg (6,914 lb)
Dry mass	1,394 kg (3,073 lb)
Dimensions	2.0 × 1.77 × 3.1 m (6.6 × 5.8 × 10.2 ft)
Power	4,500 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	5 June 2017, 11:58 UTC
Rocket	LVM3-D1
Launch site	Satish Dhawan SLP
Contractor	ISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	48° E
Perigee altitude	35,470 km (22,040 mi)
Apogee altitude	35,869 km (22,288 mi)
Inclination	0.101 deg
Period	23 hr, 50 min, 10 sec
Epoch	10 June 2017, 02:29 UTC
Transponders
Band	4 × Ku/Ka forward links; 4 × Ku/Ka return links;
Coverage area	India
	GSAT ← GSAT-9 GSAT-17 →

GSAT-19 is an Indian communications satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation aboard an LVM3 on 5 June 2017.^[2]

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