In December 2018, ISRO successfully launched its second advanced defence satellite exclusively for the Indian Airforce, called the GSAT-7 A. It is the 39th Indian communication satellite of ISRO with a mission life of 8 years.
Presently, India has around 15 military-application satellites. In 2022, the $225 million GSAT-7R, an Indian Navy communications satellite will replace GSAT-7 Rukmini launched eight years ago.
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