Geostationary
GSAT-16
Indian Ku-band Broadcasting · ISRO
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India's most powerful Ku-band satellite at time of launch, carrying 24 Ku-band transponders for broadcasting and broadband. GSAT-16 transformed India's satellite broadcasting capacity — the 24 transponders provided headroom for hundreds of additional HD channels in India's competitive broadcasting market where news channels, sports channels, and regional language channels are proliferating. India has one of the world's most diverse and rapidly growing satellite television industries.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,227–22,257 mi (35,772–35,819 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 40332
- Int’l designator
- 2014-078A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.