3. What is EDUSAT?
•A COMMUNICATION SATELLITE.
•ALSO KNOWN AS GSAT-3.
•IT WAS LAUNCHED ON 20th
SEPTEMBER 2004 FROM SATISH DAWAN
SPACE CENTER
4. EDUSAT IS A COMBINATION OFTWO
WORDS
EDUCATION + SATELLITE
IN ITS BROAD SENSE MEAN EDUCATION
THROUGH SATELLITE.
5. FIRST FULL FLEDGED EDUCATIONAL
SATELLITE .
FIRST SATILLITETO SERVE IN EDUCATION
SECTOR
CAN COVER WHOLE GEOGRAPHICAL
INDIA
6. TO MEETTHE DEMAND FOR AN
INTERACTIVE SATELLITE BASED
DISTANCE EDUCATION.
PRIMARILY FOR PROVIDING
CONNECTIVITY TO SCHOOL, COLLEGE
AND HIGHER LEVE EDUCATION AND
ALSOTO SUPPORTTHE NON FORMAL
EDUCATION.
7. IT COVERS ALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
INSIDETHE COUNTRY.
IT CAN PROVIDE INTRACTIVE AND COST
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION.
IT CAN PROVIDE CONSISTENCYTO
INFORMATION.
IT IS A SATELLITE FULLY DEDICATEDTO
THECAUSE OF EDUCATION.
8. IT USEFULTO IMPLEMENTVIRTUAL
CLASSROOMS IN REMOTE AND RURAL
SCHOOLS.
IT CAN PROVIDE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIUM
AND INTRACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FACILITY.
IT CAN OPEN UP MANY POSSIBILITY LIKE
ONLINETEACHING,VIDEO
CONFERENCING ETC
9. IT CAN BS USED AT ALL LEVELS OF
EDUCATION, FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLTO
PROFESSIONAL COURSES.
IT CAN PROVIDE LIVE LECTURE SESSION
FROMTHE BEST AND EXPERTS.
10. IT CAN FACILITATETHE PROVISION OF
EQUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY.
STUDENTSWILL GETTHE FACILITYTO
SEEWHATTHEY READ INTHERETEXT
BOOKS ANDTO DO EXPERIMENTSWITH
THE HELP OF MULTIMEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES.
11. EDUSAT FACILITY CAN BE SET UP INTWO
WAYS
RTO – RECEIVE ONLYTERMINAL,
ONEWAYVIDEO AND ONEWAY AUDIO.
SIT – SATILLITE INTERACTIVETERMINAL,
ONEWAYVIDEO ANDTWO WAY AUDIO.
12. IN ITS ORBIT IT CARRIES 1KU-BAND
TRANSPONDERS AND 6 EXTENDED C-
BANDTRANSPONDERS.
THETRANSPONDERS ARE DEDICATEDTO
SPECIFIC REGIONS OF INDIA.
KU-BAND ISTHE MICROWAVE
FREQUENCY USED FOR SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION
13. KU-BAND ISTHE MICROWAVE
FREQUENCY USED FOR SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION
14.
15. IT WAS LAUNCHED INTO
GEOSTATIONARYTRANSFER ORBIT
[GTO].
IT IS A ELLIPTICAL ORBIT.
THE ORBIT IS 36000KM HIGH FROM
EARTH.
16.
17. IT WAS PLANNED FOR 7YEARS.
IT ACHIVED 6YEARS.
ON 30SEPTEMBER 2010 IT WAS
DEACTIVATED.
IT WAS MOVED INTO GRAVEYARD ORBIT
