GSAT-24, the 4,180 kg India’s 24-Ku band communication satellite, was successfuly launched by European Spoace Agency’s (ESA) ArianĀ Rocket from Kourou in French Guiana early Thursday morning.
The satellite, with pan India coverage for meeting DTH application needs,wasĀ injected into the desired orbit along with Malaysian communication satelliteĀ MEASAT-3D by Ariane-V VA257 flight.
Arianspace said on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 06:50 pm local timeĀ (0320 hrs June 23, Indian Time today), the Ariane 5 launcher lifted off fromĀ the Guiana Space Center, Europeās Spaceport in Kourou, French GuianaĀ (South America), successfully orbiting two geostationary telecommunication
satellites, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24.
With this Ariane 5 mission, Arianespace is honored to support the ambitionsĀ of two key actors in the Asia-Pacific region: MEASAT, the leading MalaysianĀ satellite operator and NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India
company within the Department of Space (DOS) acting in concert with theĀ Indian Space Agency ISRO.