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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has successfully deployed the six metre diameter S-Band Unfurlable Antenna of military communication satellite GSAT-6 and also raised its orbit.
ISRO today said that it had deployed the S-Band Unfurlable Antenna of six metre diameter successfully.
The satellite was launched by ISRO's heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark II (GSLV) and was successfully placed into geo transfer orbit (GTO) on Thursday.
One of the advanced features of GSAT-6 satellite is its S-Band Unfurlable Antenna of six metre diameter - the largest satellite antenna realised by ISRO.
"This antenna is utilised for five spot beams over the Indian mainland, which exploit the frequency reuse scheme to increase frequency spectrum utilisation efficiency," said Isro.
