Communications Satellites of India Questions And Answers

Question 1 : What was KALPANA earlier known?

Answer : METSTAT.

Question 2 : Which is India’s heaviest satellite?

Answer : INSAT-4A (3080 Kg).

Question 3 : Which is the first satellite of India exclusively dedicated for meteorological purposes?

Answer : KALPANA-I

Question 4 : Which is India’s first satellite exclusively dedicated to Indian Navy?

Answer : GSAT-7.

Question 5 : Which satellite is called South Asia Satellite?

Answer : GSAT-9.

Question 6 : Which satellite is especially dedicated for distance education?

Answer : EDUSAT.

Question 7  :What is GSAT-9?

Answer : Also known as South Asian satellite, it will support communication, broadcasting and internet services, disaster management, tele-medicine, tele-education and weather forecasting in South Asia.

Question 8 : What is KALPANA-I?

Answer : It is the first satellite of India exclusively dedicated for meteorological purposes. Earlier it was known as METSTAT and later changed to KALPANA.

Question 9 : What is GSAT-7?

Answer : A communication satellite of 2650 Kg and provides a better spectrum service. It is India’s first satellite exclusively dedicated to Indian Navy.

Question 10 : What is GSAT-18?

Answer : It carries 48 communication transponders to provide services in normal C-band, upper extended C-band and Ku-bands of the frequency spectrum.