ISRO developing ‘intelligent’ GSATs, says space agency chairman Somnath

ISRO is developing “intelligent” geostationary communication satellites that can be re-configured by changing frequencies and bandwidth as per the demand profile from customers, a top official said on Monday. Geosynchronous Satellites are the mainstay of India’s communications requirements in diverse sectors including telecommunications, television broadcasting, satellite news gathering, societal applications, weather forecasting, disaster warning and search and rescue operations.

“We are also looking at certain intelligent Geosynchronous satellites (GSAT) in the years to come which we will be able to reconfigure, and remodel based on the demand. This is already a subject of discussion on our design front,” ISRO chairman S Somnath told reporters here.