ISRO successfully launches GSAT30 communication satellite aboard Ariane rocket

India's "high power" communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched onboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, adding the satellite is aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located in the northeastern coast of South America at 2:35 am IST, European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 vehicle injected GSAT-30 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 38 minutes.

India's "high power" communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched onboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana in the early hours of Friday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, adding the satellite is aimed at providing high-quality television, telecommunications and broadcasting services. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located in the northeastern coast of South America at 2:35 am IST, European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 vehicle injected GSAT-30 into the orbit in a flawless flight lasting about 38 minutes. January 17, 2020 at 06:46AM https://ift.tt/2FZfX4Q