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The Hindu : NATIONAL / TAMIL NADU : Exclusive satellite for defence purposes on the cards

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will develop an exclusive satellite for defence purposes at a cost of Rs. 450 crore, said D.N. Reddy, Chairman, Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), DRDO.

Scientists have started working on the project and it would be over in three years, he said. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on new horizons in green energy with smart communication system (ICGESCS-2013) held at Arunai College of Engineering, Tiruvannamalai, he said DRDO is undertaking research on replacing fossil-based fuels with plant-based fuels like ethanol and methanol. He also opined that there should be energy audit in every sector as we do financial audit.

Listing new developments in DRDO, Mr. Reddy said that his organisation has plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels produced with thin film technology to Army jawans who work in inhospitable weather conditions at high altitude.

In his capacity as member of University Grants Commission, Mr. Reddy said that India is planning to start 20 innovation universities across the nation to give impetus to research and facelift to universities. The Union government would provide Rs. 100 crore to Rs. 300 crore to each innovation university, he said.

Delivering inaugural address at the conference earlier, Mr.Reddy sai, “Communication sector consumes about eight terawatt of electricity every year. This is used for fixed and mobile telecommunication apart from data centres. As network equipment have become more IP based, energy requirement has steadily increased. We adopt a strategy called ‘green integration’ to make our telecommunication systems energy efficient. But green integration is not limited to telecommunication. It is a set of solutions that contributes to the environment in terms of energy and structure.”
 
Its been long due. Hope GoI speed up the process to have atleast one dedicated satellite each for Army, navy and airforce.
 
For the Navy, it is going to be launched this year. Network Centric Warfare will be complete with Shivalik Class, Kolkata Class, IRNSS-1, GAGAN (The uncertified version is available to use) and Naval Communications Satellite.
 
For the Navy, it is going to be launched this year. Network Centric Warfare will be complete with Shivalik Class, Kolkata Class, IRNSS-1, GAGAN (The uncertified version is available to use) and Naval Communications Satellite.

NCW is more wide-spread than that in the IN right now, but not through the entire fleet. IRNSS and GAGAN are not direct elements of that. Other platforms are being used.
 
There is already a satellite to be launched by this year end for dedicated use for IN.
 
Nirbhay may have an uplink with GSAT-7.
 
NCW is more wide-spread than that in the IN right now, but not through the entire fleet. IRNSS and GAGAN are not direct elements of that. Other platforms are being used.

For near the coasts, P8 Diets and AWACS Fleet would supplement the combatant fleet. Offcourse, GPS elements complete it during the War time.
 
This one may be a secure voice/ messaging communication satellite?
 
at that point of time,it would be very much vulnerable to anti sat missiles
does India have any such programme on anti sat missiles????
 

No, that satellite is specifically for the purpose that its declared for.
For NCW, the satellite payloads being used are secure voice/data transfer ones. So far the Defence Services were having to use multi-purpose satellites as well as INMARSAT (which IN used for low-encrypted data). Now there will be purpose built satellites. The first one off the blocks seems to be the one that will be carried by GSAT this year.
 
No, that satellite is specifically for the purpose that its declared for.
For NCW, the satellite payloads being used are secure voice/data transfer ones. So far the Defence Services were having to use multi-purpose satellites as well as INMARSAT (which IN used for low-encrypted data). Now there will be purpose built satellites. The first one off the blocks seems to be the one that will be carried by GSAT this year.
and when did for once has this article mentioned about an NCW satellite??? it says isro and drdo working on a satellite and we all know GSAT based satellite is going to be launched this year( or maybe next) for the IN.But i do not think DRDO will have to play any substantial role in it... but CCI-SAT is a joint venture and would be launched within the next 2-3 years ( taking into account the delay that is tagged with every indian project).But its all our guess..nowhere in this article DN Reddy says that this satellite would be a "spy" or it is a NCW's.Plz read the article properly,he says it is for "defence purposes" and looking at the time -frame given,CCI seems to be the best explanation as IN's GSAT-6 is expected to be operational by this year only
 
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