On December 17th at 10:41 UTC, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched their CMS-01 communications satellite atop a PSLV XL rocket.

CMS-01, also known as GSat-12R, will provide Extended-C Band coverage that will include the Indian mainland, Andaman-Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands. Total time from launch to separation was a bit over twenty minutes.

It is the forty-second communications satellite launched by India and the twenty-second flight of a PSLV XL.

More Information

ISRO press release 

ISRO mission brochure 

GSat 12 info page (Gunter’s Space Page)