The antenna of communications satellite GSAT-12 was deployed on July 21 afternoon, to much applause from the Indian Space Research Organisation‘s Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka.
The satellite, launched on July 15, will now reach its final orbital destination, at 83 degrees east and pointing at India, on August 6.
GSAT 12 will facilitate telemedicine, tele-education and village resource centres. The 1.2-metre reflector antenna was the final deployment of the satellite, which is now in the final configuration of 36,000-km circular orbit. It will be co-located with INSAT-2E and INSAT-4A.
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