Navy's first satellite GSAT-7 now in space

SRO’s first defence satellite GSAT-7/ INSAT-4F is expected to significantly improve India’s maritime security and intelligence gathering.

GSAT-7, the country's first advanced and full-fledged military communications satellite, was launched in the early hours of Friday from the Kourou space port of French Guiana space in South America.

The multi-band spacecraft, to be used exclusively by Indian Navy, was put in orbit on a European Ariane 5 rocket at 2 a.m., Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said after the launch. It is also the last of ISRO's fourth-generation series of seven satellites.

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