EDUSAT or GSAT-3 was launched in September2004 by the Indian Space Research Organisation. EDUSAT is the first Indian communication satellite built exclusively to serve the educational sector. It is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite-based distance education system for the country. Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Indian space program be merged into this article or section. ... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ...
EDUSAT carries five Ku band transponders providing spot beams, one Ku-band transponder providing a national beam and six Extended C-band transponders providing national coverage beams. The Ku band (kay-yoo kurz-under band) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 11 to 18 GHz. ...
Mr. Vilas Palsule, Sr. Scientist from ISRO, Ahmedabad has put in lot of sincere work to make Edusat a success which has ushered in a new never seen before changes in the system of education in India. Extent of use of Edusat is not clear.
The Conference on EDUSAT, organised by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) jointly with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), is being inaugurated by His Excellency Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, President of India at 12:15 pm on Friday, July 23, 2004 at St. John's Auditorium, Koramangala, Bangalore.
EDUSAT is to be launched on board ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV, in September2004.
EDUSAT is primarily meant for providing connectivity to school, college and higher levels of education and also to support non-formal education including developmental communication.
GSAT-3 or EDUSAT is the first Indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector.
The 1950 kg EDUSAT is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) by ISRO’s GSLV Mk.1 (2) launch vehicle.
EDUSAT carries five Ku-band transponders providing spot beams, one Ku-band transponder providing a national beam and six Extended C-band transponders with national coverage beam.
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