India loses contact with recently launched satellite

India recently launched its most powerful satellite in space but unfortunately they have lost contact with it in less than 48 hours. However, new reports suggest that they are trying to regain the connection with the lost satellite.

The GSAT-6A satellite was launched last Thursday from Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), but it was announced on Sunday that they have lost contact within 48 hours after its launch. However, the space agency is carrying out efforts for establishing contact with it again, reported Times of India.

The ISRO said, “After the successful long-duration firings, when the satellite was on course to the normal operating configuration for the third and the final firing, scheduled for April 1, communication from the satellite was lost. Efforts are underway to establish the link with the satellite.”

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The satellite was said to be the most powerful communication one and was worth approximately $41.5 million. Also, the six-meter wide antenna used in the satellite was ISRO’s biggest till now. The satellite was expected to be up in orbit for about 10 years and was initially designed to enhance communications for the armed forces.

If the agency is successful in retaining contact with the satellite, they could take command and take the satellite to its final orbit, however, if not, the satellite would come down and burn out just like others, an agency official exclaimed, as reported by DNA India.

ISRO chairman K Sivan informed that initial data explains that are chances of recovery but, to establish link with the satellite was the primary thing. He said, “The Mission Control is on the job continuously.”

The satellite failure is marked as the second one for ISRO in the last six months. Last year in February, India set up a world record by launching 104 satellites into orbit from a single rocket, overthrowing Russia that launched 39 satellites from one rocket back in 2014.