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I am looking forward to hi-tech GSAT-6 satellite which will have extensive defence applications. GSAT-7 is a dedicated satellite for Navy and AFSAT for Air force may be.
India has got a spy in the sky
Bhargavi Kerur / DNA
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 15:25 IST
Bangalore: India is going to put up an eye in the sky to boost its military intelligence. The spycraft, called the Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat), will be operational by 2014 and will keep a watch on the trouble spots in the neighbourhood, especially China and Pakistan.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the CCI-Sat is Indias first original spy satellite. It will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation within the next four years.
The CCI-Sat is capable of picking images and supporting communication (conversation between two satellite phones, for instance), besides surveillance. The satellite will orbit Earth at an altitude of 500km and will cover hostile regions in Indias neighbourhood by passing on the surveillance data to the intelligence, said G Bhoopathy, the director of the Defence Electronic Research Laboratory (DLRL), the lab that is working on the satellite.
The focus is now space, we have to equip ourselves for electronic warfare from space too, he said. The satellite will be equipped with synthetic aperture radar to take high resolution images of the target regions. Pegged at Rs100 crore, the satellite design and development will be made by the ISRO while the payload will be built by the DLRL. We are in discussions with the ISRO at the moment, Bhoopathy said.
India, with its Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), is already among the nations that have spy satellites. These include the US, Russia and Japan.
TES, which was launched in 2001, helped the US army with high-resolution images during the 9/11 counter against the
Taliban.
Besides TES, ISROs Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-2) can also be used for surveillance and espionage. But the CCI-Sat is the first 100% spy satellite of India.
This satellite will be much better than Risat-2, Bhoopathy said.
ISRO is also planning to launch the Gsat-7 satellite to boost communication system for the Indian Navy. This would be launched later this year.
India has got a spy in the sky - dnaindia.com
India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
Press Trust of India / Bangalore February 9, 2010, 15:05 IST
India has developed a new generation satellite-fitted electronic intelligence system for surveillance applications to keep an eye on hostile neighbours, key defence officials said today.
The system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Electronics and Research Laboratory (DLRL) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, sources told PTI.
A DRDO source termed a satellite fitted with this system as a "spy satellite". The electronic intelligence system on board a satellite takes images of "resources" of hostile countries as it passes over them from the space, they said.
According to sources, select countries such as the US, France and China are already using such type of system. India also has now designed, integrated and tested such a system.
DRDO is already in discussion with Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation in this regard, and the payload to be flown in one of the low earth observation satellites is expected to be ready by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) U K Revankar said the DRDO lab has developed new electronic warfare system for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and it would be tested shortly.
Defence scientists are also working on technologies to intercept and jam network of satellite phones. "That project is going on. Within a year, it will be ready," an official said.
India has also developed a "penetration aid" that allows its aircraft to penetrate into enemy territory "without being identified by any of the radars," sources said.
As part of counter-measures against hostile missiles, a consortium comprising of Bharat Electronics Limited, DLRL, DARE and Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been formed to develop systems to divert missiles from various platforms.
"There are a large number of helicopters which require radar warning receivers and also missile approach warning system for helicopters," a defence official said.
India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
India has got a spy in the sky
Bhargavi Kerur / DNA
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 15:25 IST
Bangalore: India is going to put up an eye in the sky to boost its military intelligence. The spycraft, called the Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat), will be operational by 2014 and will keep a watch on the trouble spots in the neighbourhood, especially China and Pakistan.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the CCI-Sat is Indias first original spy satellite. It will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation within the next four years.
The CCI-Sat is capable of picking images and supporting communication (conversation between two satellite phones, for instance), besides surveillance. The satellite will orbit Earth at an altitude of 500km and will cover hostile regions in Indias neighbourhood by passing on the surveillance data to the intelligence, said G Bhoopathy, the director of the Defence Electronic Research Laboratory (DLRL), the lab that is working on the satellite.
The focus is now space, we have to equip ourselves for electronic warfare from space too, he said. The satellite will be equipped with synthetic aperture radar to take high resolution images of the target regions. Pegged at Rs100 crore, the satellite design and development will be made by the ISRO while the payload will be built by the DLRL. We are in discussions with the ISRO at the moment, Bhoopathy said.
India, with its Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), is already among the nations that have spy satellites. These include the US, Russia and Japan.
TES, which was launched in 2001, helped the US army with high-resolution images during the 9/11 counter against the
Taliban.
Besides TES, ISROs Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-2) can also be used for surveillance and espionage. But the CCI-Sat is the first 100% spy satellite of India.
This satellite will be much better than Risat-2, Bhoopathy said.
ISRO is also planning to launch the Gsat-7 satellite to boost communication system for the Indian Navy. This would be launched later this year.
India has got a spy in the sky - dnaindia.com
India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
Press Trust of India / Bangalore February 9, 2010, 15:05 IST
India has developed a new generation satellite-fitted electronic intelligence system for surveillance applications to keep an eye on hostile neighbours, key defence officials said today.
The system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Defence Electronics and Research Laboratory (DLRL) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, sources told PTI.
A DRDO source termed a satellite fitted with this system as a "spy satellite". The electronic intelligence system on board a satellite takes images of "resources" of hostile countries as it passes over them from the space, they said.
According to sources, select countries such as the US, France and China are already using such type of system. India also has now designed, integrated and tested such a system.
DRDO is already in discussion with Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation in this regard, and the payload to be flown in one of the low earth observation satellites is expected to be ready by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Director of Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE) U K Revankar said the DRDO lab has developed new electronic warfare system for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and it would be tested shortly.
Defence scientists are also working on technologies to intercept and jam network of satellite phones. "That project is going on. Within a year, it will be ready," an official said.
India has also developed a "penetration aid" that allows its aircraft to penetrate into enemy territory "without being identified by any of the radars," sources said.
As part of counter-measures against hostile missiles, a consortium comprising of Bharat Electronics Limited, DLRL, DARE and Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been formed to develop systems to divert missiles from various platforms.
"There are a large number of helicopters which require radar warning receivers and also missile approach warning system for helicopters," a defence official said.
India develops electronic intelligence tech for surveillance
