India has also contracted Arianespace to launch (expected in August) GSAT-7, a multi-band satellite carrying payloads in UHF, S-band, C-band and Ku-band. The satellite employs the standard 2000 kg class bus (I-2K) platform with power handling capability of around 3000 W and lift-off mass of 2550 kg.
The core cryogenic stage for Ariane 5’s VA215 launcher (at right) is unloaded from a sea-going ship that arrived in French Guiana this week.June 5, 2013