NEW DELHI: The GSAT-17 launched last month is undergoing in-orbit tests after which it will be inducted into the INSAT/GSAT system for providing various communication services to the country in C, Extended-C and S-band.
The communication satellite, with a lift-off mass of 3477 Kg - carrying communication, Data Relay Transponder (DRT), Search & Rescue Payload - was successfully launched on 29 June using Ariane-5 launch vehicle from Kourou launch base of Arianespace.
Space department minister Jitendra Singh told the Parliament that the GSAT-17 carries a Data Relay Transponder for receiving meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data from Automatic Weather Stations, Automatic Rain Gauges and Agro Met Stations and relaying back for down linking in extended C-Band.
It also carries a Search & Rescue Payload, which picks up and relays the alert signals originating from the distress beacons of maritime, aviation and land based users to help in rescue services.
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