{"id":13787,"date":"2023-08-06T04:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13787"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T01:48:06","slug":"gsat-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gsat-24\/","title":{"rendered":"GSAT-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About GSAT-24<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) which was successfully placed into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5 rocket.<\/li>\n<li>t is a 24-Ku band communication satellite weighing 4,180 kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs.<\/li>\n<li>It was the first demand driven communication satellite mission undertaken by NSIL post space sector reforms.<\/li>\n<li>It is configured on ISRO&#8217;s proven I-3k Bus with a mission life of 15 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about NewSpace India Limited<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) NewSpace India Limited headquartered in Bengaluru is a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is a commercial arm under Department of Space (DoS), Government of India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It was incorporated in March 2019 and was set up to take high technology space-related activities in India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Under the new space policy reforms announced by the Government of India in June 2020, NSIL is to undertake operational satellite missions on a \u201cdemand-driven\u201d model.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>They are responsible to build, launch, own and operate the satellite and provide services to customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is DTH?<\/h3>\n<p>DTH stands for &#8220;Direct-to-Home.&#8221; It is a satellite television broadcasting service that delivers television signals directly to subscribers&#8217; homes through satellite transmission. DTH allows viewers to access a wide range of TV channels and services without the need for cable connections<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/tata-play-set-to-expand-bandwidth-with-exclusive-capacity-on-gsat24-11691302696126.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tata Play set to expand bandwidth with exclusive capacity on GSAT-24<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GSAT-24 was built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) which was successfully placed into geostationary orbit by the Ariane 5 rocket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","7":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}