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<h2 id="launch">Launch</h2> <p>Prior to launch, the spacecraft was transported from India to <a href="/facts/Cayenne_%25E2%2580%2593_Rochambeau_Airport/QBTF0g8l">Cayenne – Rochambeau Airport</a> in <a href="/facts/French_Guiana/aFSETEKm">French Guiana</a> by an <a href="/facts/Antonov_An-124/TcEvHRQP">Antonov An-124</a> cargo aircraft. The success of the launch is said to have made up for the previous loss of two satellites on the indigenous <a href="/facts/GSLV/PBneb7NS">GSLV</a> rocket.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> GSAT-8 was co-located with <a href="/facts/INSAT-3E/eqXnCpjS">INSAT-3E</a> at 55°E. </p> <ul> <li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"GAGAN - GPS Aided GEO Augumented Navigation". www.isac.gov.in. Retrieved 2017-11-30. <a href="http://www.isac.gov.in/navigation/gagan.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.isac.gov.in/navigation/gagan.jsp</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"SALIENT FEATURES OF GSAT-8". www.isac.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-17. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054308/https://www.isac.gov.in/communication/html/gsat-8.jsp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054308/https://www.isac.gov.in/communication/html/gsat-8.jsp</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"GSAT-8 communication satellite launched successfully, India's advanced communication satellite". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2013-03-13. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/GSAT-8-communication-satellite-launched-successfully/articleshow/8479050.cms" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/GSAT-8-communication-satellite-launched-successfully/articleshow/8479050.cms</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Naravane, Vaiju (21 May 2011). "Ariane 5 launches GSAT-8 from French Guiana, India's advanced communication satellite". The Hindu. Chennai, India. <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2036181.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2036181.ece</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>