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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = GSAT-10
| image =
| image_caption =

| mission_type = [[Communications satellite|Communication]]
| operator =
| website =
| COSPAR_ID = 2012-051B
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = Planned: 15 years Elapsed: {{time interval|29 September 2012|show=ymd|sep=,}}

| spacecraft_bus = [[I-3K]]
| manufacturer = [[Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre|ISRO Satellite Centre]] [[Space Applications Centre]]
| dry_mass = {{convert|1498|kg}}<ref name="GSAT10Brochure">{{cite web|title=GSAT-10 Brochure|url=http://www.isro.org:80/gsat-10/pdf/gsat-10-brochure.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004083104/http://www.isro.org/gsat-10/pdf/gsat-10-brochure.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2012|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>
| launch_mass = {{convert|3435|kg}}
| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|29 September 2012}}
| launch_rocket = [[Ariane 5|Ariane 5ECA]]
| launch_site = [[Guiana Space Centre]] [[ELA-3]]
| launch_contractor = [[Arianespace]]
| entered_service =

| disposal_type =
| deactivated = 

| orbit_epoch =
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary]]
| orbit_periapsis =
| orbit_apoapsis =
| orbit_inclination =
| orbit_period =
| orbit_longitude =
| orbit_slot =
| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 12 [[Ku band]] 12 [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]] 6 Lower Extended [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]] 2 [[L band|L1]] & [[L band|L5]] bands ([[GAGAN]])
| trans_frequency =
| trans_bandwidth = 36 megahertz
| trans_capacity =
| trans_coverage =
| trans_TWTA =
| trans_EIRP =
| trans_HPBW =
| programme = [[GSAT]]
| previous_mission = [[GSAT-12]]
| next_mission = [[GSAT-7]]
}}

'''GSAT-10''' is an Indian communication satellite which was launched by [[Ariane 5|Ariane-5ECA]] carrier rocket in September 2012. It has 12 KU Band, 12 C Band and 6 lower extended c band transponders, and included a navigation payload to augment [[GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation|GAGAN]] capacity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gsat-10.htm|title=GSAT-10|publisher=space.skyrocket.de|access-date=2012-04-12}}</ref> Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in Geosynchronous orbit at 83.0° East, from where it will provide communication services in India.

==Payload==
*12 high power KU-band transponders employing 140 W [[Traveling-wave tube|TWTA]]. It is being used by [[Tata Sky]]
*12 C Band Transponders employing 32 W [[Traveling-wave tube|TWTA]].
*6 extended [[C band (IEEE)|C-Band]] Transponders each having a [[Bandwidth (signal processing)|bandwidth]] of 36 MHz employing 32 W [[Traveling-wave tube|TWTA]].
*[[GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation|GAGAN]] navigation payload operating in L1 and L5 bands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isac.gov.in/communication/html/gsat-10.jsp|title=SALIENT FEATURES OF GSAT-10|website=www.isac.gov.in|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref>

==Satellite==
GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years was operational by November 2012 and will augment telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services. At 3,400 kg at lift-off, at the time, it was the heaviest satellite built by the Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was ISRO's 101st space mission. Arianespace's heavy lifting Ariane-5 ECA rocket launched the satellite about 30 minutes after the blast off from the European launch pad in South America at 2.48 am, prior to which it injected European co-passenger ASTRA 2F into orbit. GSAT-10 carries 30 transponders (12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six Extended C-Band), which will provide vital augmentation to INSAT/GSAT transponder capacity. The GAGAN payload will provide improved accuracy of GPS signals (of better than seven metres<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-09-28/news/34148386_1_gsat-transponder-capacity-gsat-constellation-constellation-with-gagan-payload|publisher=Economic Times|title=All set for launch of heaviest Indian satellite GSAT-10 tomorrow|access-date=2013-02-01}}</ref> which will be used by [[Airports Authority of India]] for civil aviation requirements. This is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with [[GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation|GAGAN]] payload after [[GSAT-8]], which was launched in May 2011.

==Launch==
GSAT-10 is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after [[GSAT-8]], launched in May 2011. The satellite was successfully launched on 29 September 2012 at 2:48 am ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/indias-heaviest-satellite-gsat-10-launched-successfully_802598.html|title=India's heavsets satellite GSAT-10 launched successfully|publisher=Zee News|access-date=2012-09-30}}</ref>

==Cost==
The satellite and launch fee cost the agency Rs.750 crores.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-heaviest-satellite-gsat10-launched/article3948386.ece|title=GSAT-10 to boost telecommunications|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=2012-09-30}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System]]
* [[Global Navigation Satellite System]]
* [[GPS]]
* [[GSAT]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.isro.org/scripts/futureprogramme.aspx ISRO Future Programmes]

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