Recent content by jamesbond000111

Eliminate terrorism as soon as possible and resume Indo-Pak cricket ...or else i will stop watching cricket in coming years :undecided:

thats evil man :devil: but still it cant go on forever . \

No BMD is 100% secure , all it will do is to incite Pakistan to increase the number of warheads & delivery platforms to overwhelm the defence ,a vicious cycle with no end ......Peace is the only permanent solution.

off topic hey thanks sparks...... i was not aware that there is also a IDF :yahoo:

IA badly needs to change its attitude towards indigenous products........it has to become somewhat realistic and steady towards its requirements so that our undoubtly slow but steady DRDO can come up with descent products nd can have confidence in these products IA asking for topnotch world...

Not believable until user trials are over :lazy:.......... IA had messed up user trials before and can do it now.....fingers crossed

Going by average international rates, a Ku-band transponder costs $1.25 million and a C-band transponder $1 million a year to lease from international market. GSAT-8 launched in may this year had 24 Ku-band transponder and GSAT-12 carries 12 C-band transponders :yahoo: So ISRO is saving millions...

The heaviest foreign payload that ISRO has launched with its PSLV is the 350-kg Italian satellite Agile in 2007 and 300 kg israeli Tescar spy satellite in 2008. However, the big money for ISRO is in the launch of heavier communication satellites that weigh a minimum three tonnes. As PSLV's...

"Our domestic requirement is four to five launches per year and we are trying to increase commercial launches. We are favourably placed since our costs are about 80% of international launching costs. But some countries have restrictions on launching their satellites from other countries as well...

ISRO started carrying foreign luggage in its PSLV rockets in 1999 when it launched the 110 kg Kitsat-3 of South Korea and the 45 kg DLR-Tubsat of Germany. Initially, the foreign payloads were taken as additional luggage piggy-backing on ISRO's own satellite mainly to utilise the available...

gsat-12:cheers: http://newsserve.net/i/20110603/720-GSAT-12-to-be-launched-in-July-second.jpg

By Jay Menon jaymenon68@gmail.com NEW DELHI India will launch a dozen foreign satellites in the next couple of years, according to the chief of the country’s space agency. “We have [firm orders] today for about 12 satellites, which are scheduled to be launched in the coming two years,”...

ISRO should be more aggressive in marketing......there is huge potential for business:cheers:

i liked the gas pipeline to india part and no defence deals as promised by russia so :cheers:

pakistan and india should increase the cross border trade to the level of indo-china , i think it will be really helpful in easing of strategic tensions or atleast would keep both countries bound to each other economically.......like in indo-china context who could afford to loose a 50 billion$...