Geostationary
GSAT-30
Commercial Communications · ISRO
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India's C and Ku-band commercial communications satellite, providing a full range of broadcasting and broadband services across South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australia. GSAT-30 replaced aging capacity and added new service zones, expanding India's commercial satellite reach beyond the subcontinent. It serves direct-to-home TV broadcasting for India's enormous television market — one of the world's largest with over 800 satellite TV channels.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,247 mi (35,787–35,803 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 45026
- Int’l designator
- 2020-005A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.