GSAT 16

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GSAT 16 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 40332

Int'l Code: 2014-078A

Launch date: December 6, 2014
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

GSAT 16 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite carried on a 12-year mission to reduce India's reliance on leased transponders aboard foreign telecom spacecraft. The 7,014-pound (3,181-kg) satellite features 12 Ku-band and 36 C-band transponders—including 12 'extended' C-band transponders. The telecom payload aboard GSAT 16 has more capacity than any communications ever built in India. Built by the Indian Space Research Organization, the spacecraft will fortify India's fleet of government-owned communications satellites to supply television and other communications services to the Indian public.

1 40332U 14078A   26279.63284039  .00000067  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40332   0.0493  82.6799 0004770  38.2267 177.3183  1.00271091 43230

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC