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India would launch a satellite in June next year to provide computer connectivity in remote villages, a Space Department official has said.

"We are going to launch GSAT-4 which will have digital connectivity on board. It's meant for data transfers from computers at remote villages" -  Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, G Madhavan Nair, told an international conference on e-science and grid computing here on Monday night.

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Indian Space Research Organisation will launch GSAT-4 an experimental satellite for Ka band communication payload in 2007 The satellite would have eight Ka Band transponders for broadband connectivity besides generative and bendpipe payload. The regenerative payload could cater to countrywide demand of hubless VSAT connectivity.

The satellite to be launched by a GSLV vehicle. The operational requirements of the satellite however has still not been decided besides KA band, GSAT 4 would also have navigation payload as part of the GAGAN project for air traffic control besides an satellite from Israel provided by Tel Aviv University for ultra violet experiment.

According to K N Shankara, ISRO Satellite Centre Director , the INSAT 4A which was launched recently from Kourou in French Guyana by an Ariane launcher, is now ready for operation. All the 12 Ku band transponders of the satellite have been tested and leased out to Tata-sky joint venture which was starting DTH operations across India.

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