"As of now, the schedule for launch of GSAT-7 is August 30th early morning", Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation K Radhakrishnan told PTI here.
"The satellite is already in Kourou (Arianespace's spaceport in French Guiana) and testing is being done. It's a multi-band communication satellite", Radhakrishnan, also Secretary in the Department of Space, said.
According to officials of the Bangalore-headquartered space agency, GSAT-7 would carry payloads in Ultra High Frequency (UHF), S-band, C-band and Ku-band.
Arianespace, the commercial space transportation company, said the Ariane Flight VA215 will orbit dual-passenger payloads -- the Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail-1 and GSAT-7.
After being deployed by Ariane 5 rocket, GSAT-7 will operate from an orbital position of 74 deg. East.
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