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India's 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 launched successfully
The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, has launched its 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 on Wednesday by an Ariane 5 rocket belonging to Arianespace from the spaceport in French Guiana.
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The Ariane 5 rocket carried two satellites - Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 and the GSAT-31 from India.
In a statement, Arianespace said it has successfully orbited telecommunications satellite GSAT-31 for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) using its heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega rockets.
Reports said about 42 minutes after lift off at 0231 hrs, the GSAT-31 was separated and injected into Geosynchronous orbit.
The success of the mission confirmed Ariane-5's leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the 2,535-kg GSAT-31 is the 40th communication satellite and would augment the Ku-band transponder capacity in geostationary orbit.
The ISRO said GSAT-31, with a mission life of 15 years, will be used for supporting VSAT networks, television uplinks, digital satellite news gathering, DTH television services, cellular backhaul connectivity and more.
The two Ku-band beacon downlink signals are transmitted by the satellite for ground tracking purpose, it said.
The orbiting of GSAT-31 - along with GSAT-30, which is an additional geostationaryÂ
satellite to be launched soon by the Arianespace - marks another vivid demonstration of the strong bond uniting Europe and India in space cooperation.
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