Geostationary
GSAT-9
Regional Cooperation Communications · ISRO / South Asian nations
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India's gift to its South Asian neighbors — the South Asia Satellite launched as a diplomatic initiative providing satellite connectivity to India's neighboring nations. GSAT-9 provides Ku-band services to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as a free Indian offering. The satellite supports broadcasting, weather services, broadband connectivity, and telemedicine across some of South Asia's smallest and least-connected nations — diplomatic power expressed in satellite form.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,234–22,248 mi (35,783–35,805 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 42695
- Int’l designator
- 2017-024A
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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