GSAT 6 has been successfully positioned in its orbital slot
GSAT 6 has been successfully positioned in its orbital slot of 83 Deg E and colocated with INSAT 4A, GSAT 12, GAAT 10 and IRNSS1C today (Sept. 06 2015) morning, after carrying out four drift arresting manoeuvers
GSAT-6 Satellite provides communication through five spot beams in S-band and a national beam in C-band for strategic users. The cuboid shaped GSAT-6 has a lift-off mass of 2117 kg. Of this, propellants weigh 1132 kg and the dry mass of the satellite is 985 kg.
One of the advanced features of GSAT-6 satellite is its S-Band Unfurlable Antenna of 6 m diameter. This is the largest satellite antenna realised by ISRO. This antenna is utilised for five spot beams over the Indian main land. The spot beams exploit the frequency reuse scheme to increase frequency spectrum utilisation efficiency. The other advanced feature of the satellite is the 70 V bus, which is flying first time in an Indian communication satellite
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