GSat 2

GSat 2 [ISRO]

GSAT-2 is a 2000 kg class experimental communication satellite onboard the second developmental test flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV Mk.1 (2). The satellite carries four C-band transponders, two Ku-band transponders and a Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) payload operating in S-band and C-band for forward link and return link respectively.

Besides the communication payloads, GSAT-2 carries four piggyback experimental payloads:

Total Radiation Dose Monitor (TRDM) to compare the estimated radiation doses inside the satellite with the directly measured radiation doses using a Radiation Sensitive Field Effect Transistor (RADFET)
Surface Charge Monitor (SCM) to indicate the state of the charging environment in the vicinity of the satellite
Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) to study the solar flare emission in 4 KeV - 10 MeV energy range using state of the art semiconductor devices and Phoswich Scintillation Detector
Coherent Radio Beacon Experiment (CRABEX) to investigate the spatial structure, dynamic and temporal variations of Ionosphere and several aspects of equatorial electrodynamics

Nation:	India
Type / Application:	Experimental Communication
Operator:	ISRO
Contractors:	ISRO
Equipment:	4 C-band transponders, 2 Ku-band transponders, MSS payload (S-band forward, C-band return), TRDM, SCM, SOXS, CRABEX
Configuration:	I-2K (I-2000) Bus
Propulsion:	LAM
Lifetime:
Mass:	1825 kg
Orbit:	GEO

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
GSat 2	08.05.2003	Sr		GSLV Mk.1 (2)

Further GSat missions:

GSat 1 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 2 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 3 (EduSat) (I-2K Bus)
GSat 4 (HealthSat) (I-2K Bus)
GSat 5 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 6 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 7 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 8 (I-3K Bus)
GSat 9 (I-2K Bus)
GSat 10 (I-4K Bus)
GSat 11 (I-4K Bus)

Source: ISRO Website