India's GSLV Mk II launched GSAT-7A, an advanced military communications satellite mainly serving the Indian Air Force (with the Army using about 30% of capacity), from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. At 2,250 kg, it was the heaviest payload the GSLV had flown with its indigenous cryogenic stage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 13 GSLV Mk. II flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 2018, 10:40 UTC
- Rocket
- GSLV Mk. II
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2018-105
- Launches in 2018
- 107th of 114
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