GSLV-F06 GSAT-5P Mission

The GSLV-F06 is scheduled for launch on December 20, 2010 at 1601 hrs. IST, i.e. 1071 GMT from Sriharikota, located in Andhra Pradesh. India. The vehicle will carry GSAT-5P satellite, which is a communications satellite. The satellite weighs 2310 Kg, and will carry 24 Normal C-band, and 12 Extended C-band transponders.

It will be launched into an elliptical GTO orbit with perigee 170 Km, and apogee 35,975 km, with an angle of 19.3 deg to the equator. Subsequently, the liquid apogee motor on the satellite will be fired, and the satellite will finally drift into 55 deg east longitude.

It will have a mission life of 13.7 years.

The photographs can be viewed at.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldfshar/sets/72157625485115501/)