<p>Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Thursday launched its latest communication satellite, GSAT-6A, which will provide mobile communication to India through multi beam coverage facility, on board GSLV-F08 from here.</p>.<p>The satellite, weighing 415.6 ton and measuring 49.1-metre-tall, blasted off from the second launch pad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre here, 110 km from Chennai, at 4.56 pm, as scientists erupted in cheer.<br /></p>.<p><</p>.<p>The satellite will be put into orbit around 17 minutes after it took from here.</p>.<p>Isro said the satellite will provide services for defence purposes and will not add any transponder capacity for general uses.</p>.<p>GSAT-6A's predecessor GSAT-6 has been in orbit providing communication services since its launch almost three years ago in August 2015.</p>.<p>Isro's GSLV-F08 rocket launched the satellite, marking its 12th flight sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic upper stage.</p>.<p>GSAT-6A, like its predecessor GSAT-6 is a high-power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years.</p>.<p>Another high point of the launch is the induction of high-thrust Vikas engine and electromechanical actuation system.</p>.<p>The launch is also crucial since Isro will be validating the high-thrust Vikas engine and other systems which would be eventually used in the future missions, including India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-II.</p>.<p>The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6 metre S-Band Unfurlable Antenna for communication purposes, hand-held ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite based mobile communication applications, the space agency said.</p>.<p>Isro is preparing for the launch of a navigation satellite in the 2018-2019 financial year and is also planning to send its second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-II, in October this year.</p>
<p>Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Thursday launched its latest communication satellite, GSAT-6A, which will provide mobile communication to India through multi beam coverage facility, on board GSLV-F08 from here.</p>.<p>The satellite, weighing 415.6 ton and measuring 49.1-metre-tall, blasted off from the second launch pad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre here, 110 km from Chennai, at 4.56 pm, as scientists erupted in cheer.<br /></p>.<p><</p>.<p>The satellite will be put into orbit around 17 minutes after it took from here.</p>.<p>Isro said the satellite will provide services for defence purposes and will not add any transponder capacity for general uses.</p>.<p>GSAT-6A's predecessor GSAT-6 has been in orbit providing communication services since its launch almost three years ago in August 2015.</p>.<p>Isro's GSLV-F08 rocket launched the satellite, marking its 12th flight sixth flight with indigenous Cryogenic upper stage.</p>.<p>GSAT-6A, like its predecessor GSAT-6 is a high-power S-band communication satellite built on I-2K satellite bus with a mission life of about ten years.</p>.<p>Another high point of the launch is the induction of high-thrust Vikas engine and electromechanical actuation system.</p>.<p>The launch is also crucial since Isro will be validating the high-thrust Vikas engine and other systems which would be eventually used in the future missions, including India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-II.</p>.<p>The satellite will also provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6 metre S-Band Unfurlable Antenna for communication purposes, hand-held ground terminals and network management techniques that could be useful in satellite based mobile communication applications, the space agency said.</p>.<p>Isro is preparing for the launch of a navigation satellite in the 2018-2019 financial year and is also planning to send its second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-II, in October this year.</p>