Edusat

Edusat and it's implications on education

1. EDUSAT

2. What is EDUSAT? WHAT IS EDUSAT ? A COMMUNICATION SATELLITE . ALSO KNOWN AS GSAT-3. IT WAS LAUNCHED ON 20 th SEPTEMBER 2004 FROM SATISH DAWAN SPACE CENTER

3. EDUSAT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO WORDS EDUCATION + SATELLITE IN ITS BROAD SENSE MEAN EDUCATION THROUGH SATELLITE.

4. HIGHLIGHTS FIRST FULL FLEDGED EDUCATIONAL SATELLITE . FIRST SATILLITE TO SERVE IN EDUCATION SECTOR CAN COVER WHOLE GEOGRAPHICAL INDIA

5. AIM TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR AN INTERACTIVE SATELLITE BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION. PRIMARILY FOR PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY TO SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND HIGHER LEVE EDUCATION AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THE NON FORMAL EDUCATION .

6. FUNCTIONS IT COVERS ALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS INSIDE THE COUNTRY. IT CAN PROVIDE INTRACTIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE EDUCATION. IT CAN PROVIDE CONSISTENCY TO INFORMATION. IT IS A SATELLITE FULLY DEDICATED TO THECAUSE OF EDUCATION.

7. IT USEFUL TO IMPLEMENT VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS IN REMOTE AND RURAL SCHOOLS. IT CAN PROVIDE AUDIO VISUAL MEDIUM AND INTRACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FACILITY. IT CAN OPEN UP MANY POSSIBILITY LIKE ONLINE TEACHING, VIDEO CONFERENCING ETC

8. IT CAN BS USED AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION, FROM PRIMARY SCHOOL TO PROFESSIONAL COURSES . IT CAN PROVIDE LIVE LECTURE SESSION FROM THE BEST AND EXPERTS.

9. IT CAN FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF EQUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. STUDENTS WILL GET THE FACILITY TO SEE WHAT THEY READ IN THERE TEXT BOOKS AND TO DO EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HELP OF MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES.

10. TYPES OF EDUSAT EDUSAT FACILITY CAN BE SET UP IN TWO WAYS RTO – RECEIVE ONLY TERMINAL, ONEWAY VIDEO AND ONE WAY AUDIO . SIT – SATILLITE INTERACTIVE TERMINAL, ONE WAY VIDEO AND TWO WAY AUDIO.

11. HOW EDUSAT WORKS? IN ITS ORBIT IT CARRIES 1KU-BAND TRANSPONDERS AND 6 EXTENDED C-BAND TRANSPONDERS . THE TRANSPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF INDIA. KU-BAND IS THE MICROWAVE FREQUENCY USED FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

12. KU-BAND IS THE MICROWAVE FREQUENCY USED FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

13. WHERE WAS IT LAUNCHED INTO ? IT WAS LAUNCHED INTO GEOSTATIONARY TRANSFER ORBIT [ GTO ]. IT IS A ELLIPTICAL ORBIT . THE ORBIT IS 36000KM HIGH FROM EARTH.

14. MISSION DURATION IT WAS PLANNED FOR 7 YEARS . IT ACHIVED 6 YEARS . ON 30SEPTEMBER 2010 IT WAS DEACTIVATED . IT WAS MOVED INTO GRAVEYARD ORBIT

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