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  • Arianespace readies Insat 4A, weather satellite for launch

    Arianespace readies Insat 4A, weather satellite for launch

    MUMBAI: On the heels of Arianespace’s record-setting Ariane 5 success this week for DirecTV and Indonesia’s Telkom 2; preparations are moving ahead for the launcher’s next dual-payload mission – which is scheduled for the second half of December.

    ArianeSpace today announced that preparations were underway at the European Spaceport at Kourou in French Guyana for the next launch of Ariane 5G vehicle that will place in the geosynchronous transfer orbit the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) communication payload Insat 4A along with the number 2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2) meteorological satellite for Europe, during the second week of December.

    The heaviest in the INSAT class, INSAT 4A weighing more than three tonnes, would augment the transponder availability for the country. It has 12 transponders in the KU Band and 12 in C Band. All the KU Band transponders have already been booked by Tata-Sky.

    Tata-Sky CEO ,Vikram Kaushik had confirmed to indiantelevision.com earlier that Isro had intimated that Insat 4A, the first in a satellite series crucial to the future of the Tata Sky DTH venture, would be launched on 16 December.

    With an operational lifetime of seven years, the cylindrical-shaped MSG-2 will provide high-resolution images of the Earth’s weather patterns, as well as measure the planet’s radiation balance to provide vital information on climate change. MSG-2 also carries a search and rescue transponder that relays signals from aircraft and ships in distress.

    The satellite currently is in the S5 satellite preparation facility at Europe’s Spaceport, where it is undergoing pre-launch checkout.

  • Ten Sports to air Brian Lara’s comeback to Test cricket

    Ten Sports to air Brian Lara’s comeback to Test cricket

    MUMBAI: Ten Sports will telecast live Brian Lara’s return to Test cricket when the West Indies take on South Africa in the second Test of their four-Test match series against South Africa.

    Ball-by-ball coverage of the match, to be played at Trinidad from 8 April will air from 7:30 pm (IST).

    In a statement issued by Ten Sports, who has the exclusive rights to show all international cricket from West Indies, will also telecast the remaining two Test match of the series, to be played at Barbados (21 -25 April) and Antigua (29 April – 3 May).

    This will be followed by the five one day internationals.

    Lara, the only batsman in the history of the game to score a quadruple century in Test cricket, was dropped along with Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo following a personal sponsorship dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.

    The dispute has now been resolved and West Indian fans are anxiously looking forward to the return of Lara.

    The first Test between the two teams at Guyana ended in a draw after South African Jacques Kallis played a determined unbeaten knock of 109 and saw off the final day’s play after his team was forced to follow on.

  • INSAT-3A to be launched from French Guyana 9 April

    INSAT-3A to be launched from French Guyana 9 April

    MUMBAI: India’s latest satellite INSAT-3A, will be launched by the Ariane-5 vehicle of European Space Consortium Arianespace in the early hours of 9 April from Kourou in French Guyana, South America.
     
     
    The spacecraft, which weighs 2958-kg, is a multipurpose one for providing telecommunication, television broadcasting, meteorology and satellite aided search and rescue services. It carries 12 C-band, six upper extended C-band, six Ku-band and one search and rescue transponder.

    The meteorological instruments consist of a Very High Resolution Radiometer, a Charge Coupled Device camera and a data relay transponder. The Ariane 5 for Flight 160 became a complete launch vehicle after the “topping off” activity in the Spaceport’s final assembly building which took place on Tuesday.

    Besides the INSAT 3A satellite, the launcher’s upper section is composed of the SYLDA 5 multiple payload deployment system. On Tuesday the upper section was positioned over the GALAXY XII spacecraft, which was integrated on the launcher on 31 March.