GSAT-24 is a 24-transponder Ku-band communication satellite owned by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and launched on an Ariane 5 in June 2022. Its whole capacity is leased to Tata Play for direct-to-home TV.
GSAT-24 provides Ku-band capacity with coverage across India for direct-to-home (DTH) television. NSIL leased the entire satellite to Tata Play, and said the satellite would begin commercial service for that DTH provider after in-orbit testing.
Gunter's Space Page notes that it was NSIL's first demand-driven communication satellite mission.
Built by ISRO on its I-3K bus, GSAT-24 weighs about 4,180 kg and has a design life of 15 years.
GSAT-24 flew on Ariane 5 flight VA257 from Kourou, French Guiana, on 22 June 2022, together with MEASAT-3d. The rocket left it in a geosynchronous transfer orbit of 250 km by 35,825 km.
Four firings of the satellite's own apogee motor then raised it to a circular geostationary orbit, and its solar panels and antenna were deployed.