The GSAT-24 satellite, built by ISRO for NewSpace India (NSIL), was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday. NSIL, a Government of India company under the Department of Space, has leased the entire satellite capacity to Tata Play.
GSAT-24 is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4180 kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs.
It was the first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms.
GSAT-24 was launched on-board Ariane-V VA257 flight from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou.
