India is set to launch a new satellite, GSAT-N2, aimed at significantly improving broadband connectivity across the country. This communication satellite will also enhance communication for commercial pilots during flights, benefiting not only India but also the surrounding regions.
Strengthening Connectivity Across India
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is preparing to launch GSAT-N2, a Ka-Band communication satellite designed to bolster broadband and in-flight connectivity. This satellite, previously known as GSAT-20, will help extend robust broadband connections to even the remotest areas of the country. Pilots flying over the Indian peninsula and adjacent areas will benefit from improved communication capabilities.
Key Features of GSAT-N2
Broadband Enhancement: The satellite will provide powerful broadband connections across India.
In-Flight Connectivity: Enhanced communication for commercial pilots.
Operational Life: Expected to function in space for approximately 14 years.
Signal Transmission: Equipped with 32 spot beams, including 8 narrow beams dedicated to the north-eastern states and 24 beams for the rest of the country.
Reflector Size: Signals will be transmitted through a 2.5-meter reflector.
Throughput: Continuous throughput of 48 Gbps.
Launch Details
The GSAT-N2 satellite will be launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket. The satellite is currently undergoing final testing and will soon be shipped to the United States for the launch. The launch is expected to take place within the next one to two months, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX handling the deployment.
Broader Impact
The successful launch of GSAT-N2 will mark a significant advancement in India’s communication infrastructure. By improving broadband access and in-flight connectivity, this satellite will play a crucial role in bridging digital divides and enhancing communication reliability across the region.
ISRO has again created history. ISRO has made a big bang. India has become a bigger power than the Indian Army. Now scientists have become leading in the defense sector of India.
Brain with muscles, yes friends, India’s beginning has become more powerful than the Indian Army today and in the coming time, it will become more dangerous with every decade and China, Pakistan and America itself are afraid of it. Russia is also keeping a close eye on the power of ISRO. Listen carefully to the power of ISRO. What has ISRO done that it has become more powerful than the Indian Army. Before we reveal the real secret, I need to tell you something. Kargil Review Committee. Friends, this committee was formed exactly three days after India won the war in Kargil. Kargil Review Committee was formed three days after this victory, but this victory was not so easy. In Kargil, the shepherds had told the Indian Army that there has been infiltration inside our country or Pakistan has entered inside. There was such a dangerous intelligence failure that the entire intelligence system was left in a state of disarray because at that time India was dependent only on the information of the Indian Army’s Patrol Unit because there was a request unit there again and again and this August was a very big time It was anyway very difficult to scan such a large area within a period, so the shepherds of the area gave information to the enemy that there were intruders inside India and then India took action. India faced a lot of difficulty in taking action because the enemy was sitting on the high altitude area at the location and the Indian army was at a disadvantage. As a result, the Indian army had to present a request to the US on behalf of the Indian government. The request was that using our own GPS satellites, the global
Use positioning satellite to send us the exact location of the Pakistani intruders.
Brother, you follow international laws, don’t you? You always follow them. International law should be there. International law is a big thing. Pakistan is violating international law and is entering India. So you give us the coordinates of where they are sitting. If we got the coordinators, the Kargil war would have ended in a day because using those coordinates, we would have located the Pakistani intruders on the hilly heights of the deployment on the ground. We would have fired on them from the ground using those coordinates and they would have been finished off. But do you know what America did? It flatly refused to give the GPS coordinators. And when the war ended, within the next three days, the Kargil Review Committee was formed. And an attempt was made to find out where the failure occurred. It is a matter of course that the complete intelligence had failed. So what can be done to increase intelligence? The biggest thing was to put such a satellite in space which would have been able to find out where the enemy was above the ground. What is the complete information of what is moving in India? Understand that we can get complete information about the movement of enemy countries anywhere in the field of defense. If we see any movement of enemy countries in the field of defence, we should get the information first. For this, the foundation of Indian Regional Navigation System was laid and today India has its own Global Positioning System. Friends, in 2012, when Manmohan Singh government was in power in the country, it was proposed that there should be a defence space agency in India and along with it there should be a defence cyber agency. The progress that we had made in space till now was either commercial, to earn money or for civilian purposes, to collect weather information and other information, but for military purposes we were not able to move ahead in space that much. So from here, the information that reached Manmohan Singh’s table in 2012 was told to him that we need two agencies which are very important for the security of the country. One is defence space agency and the other is defence cyber agency so that the country can be protected from cyber warfare in the times to come. Friends, in 2012, this was proposed by Manmohan Singh. The matter was accepted and discussions on things started. Eventually in 2018, the Defence Space Agency was formed in the Narendra Modi government. Defence Space Research Agency was also formed. Now when the Defence Space Agency was formed, what was put in it? Space Command was put in it. Space Chuck was put in it. Now what will happen with this? Our satellite will work for defence. It will work to give information to the Indian Army about the movement of the enemy. Now we can catch it. Understand the matter. The first work was done. What was the second work done? Now, this type of satellite is not only with us. China also has this satellite. You don’t even count Pakistan. Other countries also have it. So China has better space infrastructure than us. And it also has anti-satellite system. That means if it wants, it can directly target the Indian satellite and bring it down. Satellites are the eyes which can give real intelligence inputs and can prevent an incident like what happened in Kargil if China had damaged our satellite. So we will be left with nothing, if you fall short of anything else, India also started making anti-satellite weapons and has also achieved success in it. This is called counter space capability. They have the power to destroy the satellite of the enemy country in space at any time. Now how is it done? Firstly, it can be done by directly firing a missile. Secondly, if any of our satellites passes close to the satellite of the enemy country in space, then the Indian satellite itself can be strengthened to hit it. This can also be done. Apart from this, one more thing can be done, laser blinding can be done from the earth. By firing a laser from the earth, the enemy satellite can be blinded. It can be blinded so that it will not be able to hear or see any information. This can be done or the satellite of the enemy country of India can be jammed by using electronics. So in case China does something like this, if China attacks India, if China damages our satellite, then India can also damage its satellite and if the satellite is damaged, it will stop getting input. You will have to understand this thing completely. For this, a Defence Space Agency was created in India. The main leaders of all the three armies, Army, Sea View, Sea and Water Services were included in it. They were asked to review how our space defence system should be, how should our space attack system be?
To prepare what kind of counter space capability India should have in space
all these army people were appointed in the space agency and another agency was created under it, in which Defense Space Research Agency was created and its job was to do research on space. Indian scientists were to sit in it. So the army sent a request to the Indian scientists that we have to make a system in this way. Apart from this, Defense Imagery Processing Analysis Center (DEPACK) was also brought to India so that the satellites keep clicking pictures of all the borders of India and they can be analyzed daily to understand where the movement is taking place and where it is not. This was also very important. India also developed kinetic physical counter space capability, that is, we not only have the capability to shoot down the enemy country’s satellite, now we can collect information from all sides through the satellite, in fact, if there is any movement anywhere, we can directly tell the Indian Army through that proper coordinator to attack here and we have missiles, rockets and other pen systems, we can damage the enemy by making a precise attack and if the enemy tries to shoot down our satellite, Tried, today you have anti-satellite weapon system which can shoot down enemy’s satellite as well. Now understand this, no matter how powerful China becomes, India still has the capability to counter it and India has developed this biggest capability and let me tell you, ISRO is going to become superior to Indian Army in this way in the coming times, although the brave scientists of both the countries and the soldiers of the country can make the most powerful defense system. The biggest thing for India is that if ISRO gives the P point location, then it will not take much time for Indian Army to activate its weapons and if ISRO blinds the enemy country’s satellite with laser in advance and then starts action on the ground before Indian Army, then the enemy country will not be able to do anything, so ISRO is going to play a big role in both attack and defense.
In the year 1999, Pakistan occupied some strategic locations of Kargil.
India was not that powerful then. And Pakistan was continuously advancing. In such a situation, the Indian Defense Ministry connected to their GPS system and asked them for GPS access so that the location could be found. India said that if they enter our territory, then according to international law, it is not wrong to reply to them. If you want friendship with India, then give access to the location, but they did it. Because of this, the war which could have been won easily, became very difficult. 526 brave soldiers of India lost their lives. India learned a lesson from this and you cannot rally on others. We have to develop our capability and today we have Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System which is managed by ISRO. But how did this happen? What military is dependent on ISRO and can it become more powerful than the Indian Army? We will discuss its defense aspect. See, this is India whose western border is Pakistan and eastern border is China. India is surrounded by a big enemy country where a new satellite is needed to keep a close watch and coordinate with all the forces and this satellite will be built by ISRO. At present, no name has been given to this satellite but it can also be ISRO Set 7 which will be an advanced communication satellite and will give accurate information of any mission to the Indian Army. Apart from this, it will help in intelligence communication as well as it will be helpful in completing missions like Balakot air strike or surgical strike against the enemy’s weapons. It will be a geo stationary satellite, it will also provide real time imagery and it will be easy to do surveillance through electronic intelligence. India has many such military satellites which ISRO has prepared. Initially, we used to use satellites for social economic development as well, but how did ISRO evolve so much, how did we realize that counter space capabilities should be developed? In fact, as soon as the Kargil war ended, just three days after that, the government formed the Kargil Review Committee so that the losses and shortcomings in the war could be known. So this The biggest flaw that came to light during this was intelligence failure as India had told that Pakistani forces had entered our area and we got information about this from a Shepherd. According to the committee, we could not leave patrolling groups everywhere, so it suggested increasing the intelligence capability so that the army could get regular images through satellite and
They can be analysed regularly and this analysis should be done from a defence perspective, i.e. there is a need for it. After this, there was a matter of operation capability, i.e. there should be a strong operation dedicated cell in the three services of India, Army, Navy and Air Force. After this, in 2011, our country’s National Security Advisor Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon, who is also called the Chanakya of India’s foreign policy, said that we will have to create an accepted task force to review the recommendations given by the Kargil Committee. India needs a predetermined space command, i.e. just like you have an army for land, you have a navy for water and an air force for cyber space, similarly we need a command for space as well as a cyber command. This recommendation was placed before the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2012. Now how will it be possible? Discussions on this went on for 2 years. Elections were held in the country in 2014, after which the matter was again put on hold for 4 years. Finally, in the year 2018, a committee was formed. During the service meeting, PM Modi agreed to this and said, let’s make a space command. Its result is that today India has a space and a dedicated cyber command. If we talk about space technology, satellites help missiles to hit the target accurately, like cruise missiles and guided ammunition is used for guided bombs and missiles. Secondly, if the army has to reach a location and it has accurate information, it will be easy for them, that is, to win the war, for power, it also matters who has better ground operational capability, who has better locational advantage, that is, such a location from which we can stop the enemy from advancing, like where Pakistan is infiltrating or as the world has seen around Arunachal Pradesh that the Chinese military has spread its roots. To control them, we need space technology. Therefore, if you destroy the enemy’s space assets, you can also take advantage from it. For example, if India cannot send down China’s satellite, stock market trade in today’s time It has become very easy to do, you just have to download the app and press the button buy or sell right and you have become a trend then it will have technical advantage in power but if India is also so capable then China will not take such a step and in 2018 India has achieved asset capacity and now space or ISRO Jio
Politics has become a new frontier. It has civilian purposes like weather forecasting, metallurgy reports, apart from this there is also commercial purpose. According to the role data, in the recent past, ISRO has done about 350 commercial operations and is launching satellites of other countries because ISRO is top notch as well as affordable. Next is the military component, which we will discuss today. As we told you that PM Modi had pledged to set up a Space Command in 2018, for which a new Defence Space Agency was created. Similarly, in our country there is a DSA i.e. Defence Cyber Agency. In DSA, officers were recruited from Army, Navy and Air Force. In a way, our space operations, planning and execution are done by coordinators, but you can say new things, what weapons are needed in space and new research for them, for that SARA i.e. Defence Space Research Agency, where the big research is done, it is done by our country’s Defence Space Research Agency. Research and development of space tech is common. Here research is done on new technology and new weapons, which coordinates this work. Apart from this, there are two more. One is TPC i.e. Defense Immediate Processing Analysis Center and as we told you that after Kargil, we analyzed that regular imaging of India has to be done, then its process, then its dedicated process also has to be done, analysis of what are the plus points of India at which place, what is not, all this has been seen in one place. Second is DSC i.e. Different Satellite Control Center. Here, there are satellites for India’s defense purpose, for the Navy, for the Air Force, for the Army, their coordination is done from here. Secondly, Deep is one and DSC, these three are the pillars of the sea, i.e. these are the three aspects of India’s Space Command. Now the question arises that what does India do in its defense, it depends on who can harm India and how. There is a revolutionary Kinetic Physical Counter Space Capability, which means one way is that you launch ballistic missiles from here and their satellites. Destroy it. The second way is to put one of your missiles in the orbit of the missile in front, which means you do not have to blow it up directly but take the missile into its orbit and then destroy it. So in a way, this is kinetic physical counter space capability. And the third way is to blow up the enemy’s command center on the ground directly with your missile. So if the command center itself, which is commanding and controlling the missile, is blown up, by this attack we will be able to weaken the capability of our enemy. This can be called CSC i.e. Kinetic Physical Counter Space Capability. In this, there is a physical attack, which means the missile or command center in front is blown up. The second one is
Non-kinetic physical counter space capability, now what can you do in this, like you place your satellite in an area and then you stabilize it with a particular robotic arm, which will make it useless. In this, you can blind it through high laser peak. China has already done this with it. Electronic gaming means that here you can jam the signal of the satellite in front through electronic magnetic radiation. The fourth method is cyber, which means that you can compute all the data before the attack. Imagine if there is a cyber attack on the command center, then your space tech will be left in a state of disrepair. These four methods are kinetic, physical, non-kinetic, physical, electronic and cyber. Through this, our ISRO and Indian defense forces can achieve counter space capability. Now, some time ago, there was a discussion that its ambassador had come to India, who wants to make a fourth satellite with ISRO. According to this, Russia is also making some similar technology and it can also use tactical nuclear weapons in space. We all have to come together. He says that if Russia uses nuclear weapons, everyone’s satellites will be destroyed. They already have an outer space treaty. According to it, weaponization of space is illegal. Russia orders it, but there is no assurance that Russia will change its stand. India believes that India has good relations with Russia, so our space tech is safe and secure. And as far as that and Russia are concerned, we should sort it out among ourselves. When space programs are discussed, this is the image that the mainstream media has. And today’s image is Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan and in the future, Gaganyaan, which means we have started using our space capability from civilian purposes for military purposes and geopolitical purposes. India’s vision was earlier for civil purposes only, but now as the political situation arises, if India’s enemy is ready for that, then India will also have to be ready. Therefore, today we are seeing a new shift in the space program. According to the strategic dynamic, China is already using it for its foreign policy. India also does the same. You will say how, actually India had offered to the Sak nation that let’s make a Sak satellite which will be gifted to Sak i.e. Southern Association of Regional Cooperation. This is a gift from our side for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives. ISRO is launching it. Through this, ISRO will provide you with the facility of tele-medicine, metallurgy, climate and disaster relief. You will say why is ISRO or India doing this for free. As Bharat said that it is a gift, then Pakistan said that we do not accept such a gift. We want that we also cooperate in your satellite operation and contribute something. Then ISRO said that brother, we do not want such a corporation. We make our own satellites and launch them ourselves. The project will get delayed because of you and you are not understanding the purpose. Pakistan said that we understand very well. We have done the purpose for this reason. I will contribute otherwise I will not take advantage of the satellite. This page was full of leaders. If you want to become a leader, then you have to do something so that they see the plus points of your technology. After that, when they need some support, they will reach out to ISRO and it will cost money. So this is the same thing that first use it, then believe. It means that India does it for diplomatic advantage, but Pakistan is no longer a part of it. India is the fourth such country and no other country has this capability. Today, India is also getting a place on the high table in space affairs. It is both soft power plus hard power. Soft power is that we have the technology which is cost effective as well and this hard power is that we actually have the ability to counter space operations.
India is capable of responding to enemy attacks, which means India is also taking part in the space race in Asia, although India still has to go a long way. Right now, as a conclusion, we can say that modern warfare is not only on ground or water. Today, modern warfare is also cyber because today India talks about hybrid security, in which cyber aspects are also included apart from bio-terrorism. In such a situation, India will have to be prepared for warfare. If someone attacks Indian satellites or tries to take tactical advantage in ground war, then ISRO can help Indian army because we have the capability to send satellites to the right place in less time at a low cost and this is what is needed in the future, that is, the country which will have small affordable replacement capability in less time and India has achieved this. If we talk about different satellites, then China is 10 times ahead of India. If we move ahead, India will also have to improve the number of satellites or work on the capability of the satellites it has, only then will India be able to face any challenge that comes in the future
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has a number of exciting and ambitious future missions planned. Here are some of the key upcoming missions:
- Gaganyaan:
- Description: India’s first manned space mission.
- Objective: To send a three-member crew to space and return them safely to Earth.
- Timeline: Planned for 2024.
- Chandrayaan-3:
- Description: Follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2.
- Objective: To achieve a successful soft landing on the Moon’s surface and deploy a rover.
- Timeline: Planned for 2024.
- Aditya-L1:
- Description: First Indian mission to study the Sun.
- Objective: To observe the solar corona and understand its impact on the Earth’s climate.
- Timeline: Planned for 2024.
- Shukrayaan-1:
- Description: Venus orbiter mission.
- Objective: To study the surface and atmosphere of Venus.
- Timeline: Planned for launch in 2026.
- Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (Mangalyaan-2):
- Description: Second mission to Mars.
- Objective: To build on the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission and carry advanced instruments to study Mars’ surface and atmosphere.
- Timeline: Planned for launch in 2024.
- NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar):
- Description: Joint mission with NASA.
- Objective: To measure changes in the Earth’s surface, including natural hazards and environmental changes.
- Timeline: Planned for launch in 2024.
- Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX):
- Description: Joint mission with Japan’s JAXA.
- Objective: To explore the lunar south pole region and assess its potential for human habitation.
- Timeline: Planned for launch in the late 2020s.
- Gaganyaan-2:
- Description: Follow-up to the Gaganyaan mission.
- Objective: To send humans into space for a longer duration.
- Timeline: Planned for launch after Gaganyaan-1.
- Astrosat-2:
- Description: Successor to Astrosat, India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory.
- Objective: To study celestial sources in different wavelengths.
- Timeline: Planned for launch in the coming years.
These missions underscore ISRO’s commitment to advancing space exploration, scientific research, and technological development.