Satellite Sent By India For Education And Communication Purpose
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Satellite sent by india for education and communication purpose. The indian national satellite system or insat is a series of multipurpose geostationary satellites launched by isro to satisfy the telecommunications broadcasting meteorology and search and rescue operations. Slv 3 e2 this satellite was sent at 17th july 1980 from sriharikota india. This project was carried out as an experiment. Initially three universities from three states karnataka maharashtra and central madhya pradesh would be linked through the satellite.
To date india has used both of its multi purpose insat satellites to provide long distance education information alongside their telecommunications broadcasting and weather forecasting functions. An indian polar satellite launch vehicle takes off from sriharikota in andhra pradesh carrying a micro satellite designed by school children a lightweight satellite designed by students that can be. Ariane passenger payload experiment apple was an experimental communication satellite successfully launched by ariane 1 from kourou french guiana on june 19 1981 exactly 35 years back marking an important milestone in india s space programme. Apple was designed and built as a sandwich passenger carrying meteosat on top and cat capsule ariane technologique module below.
It is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite based distance education system for. Edusat is the first indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector. Gsat 16 is the twenty fourth communication satellite of india configured to carry a total of 48 transponders 12 k u 24 c and 12 c ue each with a bandwidth of 36 mhz which was the highest number of transponders in a single satellite at that time. 40332 35 762 5 km 22 221 8 mi 35 824 7 km 22 260 4 mi.
Satellite communication technologies have exhibited their capabilities for providing services related to education tele medicine tele education healthcare besides information on planning and development. It is a joint venture of the department of space department of telecommunications. In the second phase the satellite will connect two more states and connect more than 1000 classrooms. The indian space research organisation isro has launched the first satellite edusat for education.
Education is essential as it is the key to equipping the workforce with the skills needed to develop national economies.