INSAT System: The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system has grown as one of the largest domestic communications satellite constellations in the Asian region. Established in 1983 with the commissioning of INSAT-1B, it initiated a major revolution in India’s communications sector and sustained the same later. The system has been periodically augmented with the launch of INSAT/GSAT communication satellites. INSAT system has been instrumental in bringing the benefits of space technology to the doorsteps of common man through its services to telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite news gathering, societal applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and search and rescue operations, tele-medicine and Village ....
