GSAT-11

About:

• GSAT-11 is an advanced communication satellite employing a new class of bus weighing 5,700 kg, making it the heaviest Indian communication satellite built to date.
  
  
• The commercial payload includes Ka x Ku-Band Forward Link Transponders and Ku x Ka band Return Link Transponders. 
  
  
• It is built to provide the Indian region superior communication and 12 GBPS connectivity with its multiple spot beams in Ka and Ku bands.
  
  
• The satellite is scheduled to be launched in December 2018 onboard Ariane-5 Launch Vehicle from the European spaceport in French Guiana. It is because ISRO's own GSLV Mk III rocket can only lift a satellite weighing not more than 4 tonnes to Geostationary transfer orbit.
  
  
• It returns to the Guiana Space Centre, the South American port for the second time in six months. It was Recalled to Bengaluru in April for tests after GSAT-6A was lost in space.