India Succesfully Launches Military Communications Satellite

The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) long pending dedicated communications GSAT-7A satellite is set to radically transform the country's network-centric warfare capabilities, as it will be able to accomplish all communication-related tasks, whether standalone or network-dependent, that are part of defence preparedness and operations.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201812191070819556-india-sattelite-launch/

If the old guard is indeed been dismantled, I would want new Satellites too.

Seems like a record # of new ones up this year for many different countries.