Indian Communication Satellite GSAT 16 Launched Successfully
Indian Communication Satellite GSAT 16 launched successfully on 7th December 2014 from the Kourou Space Port in French Guiana . It was launched by European Ariane-5 launch vehicle VA221 of Arianespace.
GSAT 16 was placed accurately in to the Geosynchronous transfer orbit after the flight travel of 32 minutes 20.4 seconds and the satellite will be placed in the Geostationary orbit by 12th December 2014 and then subsequently the satellites communication transponders will be switched on for in orbit testing
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