- Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana on December 5
- India’s GSAT-11 was launched onboard launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-246 from Kourou Launch Base. Ariane 5, a heavyweight rocket of Arianespace, also carried South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellites along with GSAT-11.
- The 5854-kg GSAT-11 will provide high data rate connectivity and boost the broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible Gram Panchayats in the country coming under the Bharat Net Project, which is part of Digital India Programme.
