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| India building digital multimedia broadcasting satellite | | | Bangalore,Sept 8 Indian Space Research Organisation is building a digital multimedia broadcasting satellite that would cater to communication requirements -- internet, messaging and cellular services and rural connectivity, its former Chairman K Kasturirangan said today.
"This is a very powerful satellite with extremely complex instrumentation on board," Kasturirangan, a Rajya Sabha member, said delivering the keynote address at the annual convention of the Bangalore Management Association.
Sources in Bangalore-headquartered ISRO said the spacecraft, INSAT-4E, which is slated to be launched on board GSLV during the second quarter of 2008-09, will cover the whole of India through five S-band spot beams using SXC and CXS transponders.
"The C-band coverage for the feeder link will have India coverage," an ISRO official said.
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