India is Set to Launch GSAT-9, A Gift to India’s Neighbours By PM Modi
India is set to launch its Geostationary Communication Satellite (GSAT-9), the South Asia Communication Satellite, that will boost connectivity among nations in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the South Asia Satellite would be India's "priceless gift" to its neighbouring countries on his Mann ki Baat programme on Sunday.
The satellite, which costs around Rs 235 crore, will blast at 4.57 PM.
The Geostationary Communication Satellite, built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, about 135 km from here.
GSAT-9, considered as a gift to its South Asian neighbours, is all set to ride piggyback on the space agency's rocket GSLV-F09 with indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage.
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