On 28 September 2021, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space (DOS) signed an contract with Arianespace to launch its GSAT-24 telecommunications satellite. The satellite will be launched on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket in the first quarter of 2022 from the Kourou in French Guiana. The 4,000 kg satelLite is a communications satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation to operate a communications payload in the Ku-band.