Arianespace to
launch GSAT 15
and GSAT 16
satellites for
India
14 November 2013
The Indian
Space Research
Organisation
(ISRO) has
chosen
Arianespace to
launch its GSAT
15 and GSAT 16
telecommunications
satellites.
The two
satellites will
be launched by
Ariane 5 launch
vehicles at the
Guiana Space
Center, Europe's
Spaceport in
Kourou, French
Guiana.
GSAT 15 and
GSAT 16:
telecommunications
for India
The GSAT 15 AND
gsat 16
satellites,
designed,
assembled and
integrated by
ISRO, will each
weigh around
3,150 kg at
launch. They
will provide C
and Ku-band
telecommunications
services
including VSAT
transmissions,
TV broadcasting
and emergency
communications.
Commenting
on this latest
contract,
Arianespace
Chairman and CEO
Stéphane Israël
said, "We are
very proud of
being selected
by the Indian
space agency,
and we are
particularly
honored to
continue this
partnership that
now reaches back
over 30 years.
Through this new
contract,
Arianespace
clearly shows it
ability to offer
launch services
keyed to
customers'
specific needs.
Furthermore,
with these two
new satellites,
Arianespace has
now signed all
GTO launch
contracts this
year for
commercial
satellites in
the three-ton
class."