Faster internet: Isro to launch 3 satellites in 18 months to boost speed

The three satellites will help in realising the goal of Smart Cities

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch three communication satellites — GSAT-19, GSAT-11 and GSAT-20 — in the next 18 months to boost internet speed across the nation, reported The Indian Express.

“The next big launch will be GSAT-19 in June… With this launch, we will begin a new age of communication satellites. It is also the beginning of high-throughput satellites (in India),” the Indian Express quoted Tapan Misra, director of Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC), an arm of ISRO that develops satellite payloads, as saying.

“You are already witnessing a change in the communication technology where