INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

Indian space program driven by vision of Dr Vikram Sarabhai considered as the father of Indian Space Program. Main objective of space program includes development of satellites, launch vehicles, Sounding Rockets and associated ground systems. Crossed several major milestones. Experimental phase included Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), Satellite Telecommunication Experiment (STEP), remote sensing application projects, satellites like Aryabhata, Bhaskara, Rohini and APPLE and launch vehicles, SLV-3 and ASLV.
Present operational space systems include Indian National Satellite (INSAT) for tele-communication, television broadcasting, meteorology and disaster warning and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) for resources monitoring and management.

INSAT 2E SATELLITE

INSAT-2E, The latest of the INSAT-2 series of satellites built by ISRO, is a multi-purpose satellite for telecommunication, television broadcasting and meteorological services. The satellite is located at 83 degrees east longitude in geostationary orbit.(27)  INSAT-2E carries seventeen transponders-12 operating in the normal C-band frequency and 5 in the lower extend C-band. Seven of the normal C-band transponders have wide beam coverage and the remaining have zonal coverage.INSAT-2E is launched by European Arian Launch Vehicle to a Geosynchronous transfer orbit with a perigee of 200 km and an apogee of 35,980 km

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