First earth imaging satellite of India, GISAT-1 will be launched in a geostationary orbit, in the evening of March 5 from the Sriharikota launch centre. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its medium-lift GSLV launcher numbered F10 would orbit the 2,275-kg spacecraft.
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Geo Imaging Satellite-1 will be sent off from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It will be the 14th flight of the GSLV. A 4-metre diametre ogive shaped payload fairing is being flown for the first time in this flight.