Navy's first satellite GSAT-7 now in space

ISRO’s first defence satellite GSAT-7/ INSAT-4F is expected to significantly improve India’s maritime security and intelligence gathering in a wide swathe on either coasts of the Indian Ocean region. Improved sea communication Built to the Navy’s multiple-band requirements as a platform to safely link up its ships, submarines, aircraft and command from land in real time, it is also the country’s first full-fledged military communication satellite. Until now the defence forces have used minuscule capacities on ISRO’s various INSAT/GSAT satellites.