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INSAT or The Indian National Satellite System Is A Series of Multipurpose

INSAT is India's domestic communication satellite system, launched in 1983 by ISRO, to provide telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue services across Asia and the Indian Ocean region. It is a joint venture between several Indian government departments and agencies coordinated by the INSAT Coordination Committee. INSAT satellites broadcast television and communication signals in multiple frequency bands and also carry instruments for weather monitoring and search and rescue operations.

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INSAT or The Indian National Satellite System Is A Series of Multipurpose

INSAT is India's domestic communication satellite system, launched in 1983 by ISRO, to provide telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue services across Asia and the Indian Ocean region. It is a joint venture between several Indian government departments and agencies coordinated by the INSAT Coordination Committee. INSAT satellites broadcast television and communication signals in multiple frequency bands and also carry instruments for weather monitoring and search and rescue operations.

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INSAT or the Indian National Satellite System is a series of multipurpose geo-stationary

satellites launched by ISRO to satisfy thetelecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology,


and search and rescue operations. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic
communication system in the Asia Pacific Region. It is a joint venture of the Department of
Space, Department of Telecommunications,India Meteorological Department, All India
Radio and Doordarshan. The overall coordination and management of INSAT system rests
with the Secretary-level INSAT Coordination Committee.
INSAT satellites provide transponders in various bands (C, S, Extended C and Ku) to serve the
television and communication needs ofIndia. Some of the satellites also have the Very High
Resolution Radiometer (VHRR), CCD cameras for metrological imaging. The satellites also
incorporate transponder(s) for receiving distress alert signals for search and rescue missions
in the South Asian and Indian OceanRegion, as ISRO is a member of the CospasSarsat programme.

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