Edusat was India's first dedicated educational satellite, launched in 2004 to expand the reach of education across India. It carried transponders in Ku-band and extended C-band frequencies to provide interactive satellite-based learning opportunities like virtual classrooms, video conferencing, and live lectures. While active for around 6 years, Edusat helped facilitate equal access to quality education throughout India.

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

15.  IT WAS LAUNCHED INTO
GEOSTATIONARYTRANSFER ORBIT
[GTO].
 IT IS A ELLIPTICAL ORBIT.
 THE ORBIT IS 36000KM HIGH FROM
EARTH.

17.  IT WAS PLANNED FOR 7YEARS.
 IT ACHIVED 6YEARS.
 ON 30SEPTEMBER 2010 IT WAS
DEACTIVATED.
 IT WAS MOVED INTO GRAVEYARD ORBIT