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India has 24 satellites in active service including world's largest fleet of Remote Sensing Satellites

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Indian Satellites in active service till date - 10 Polar and 14 Geostationary

INDIAN Satellites in Service »
# The Indian National Satellite System - INSAT series, commissioned in 1983, has today become one of the largest domestic Satellites systems in the Asia Pacific region comprising twelve Satellites in service.

# The Indian Remote Sensing - IRS Satellite system is one of the largest constellations of Remote Sensing Satellites in operation in the world today.

# The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - IRNASS is an autonomous regional Satellite Navigation system being developed by India.
India has largest fleet of remote sensing satellites
Timeline Photos - Unofficial: ISRO | Facebook

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Satellites of other Countries Launched by INDIA

Timeline Photos - Unofficial: ISRO | Facebook
 
This is one field which I foresee India to be a superpower in the coming decades:

1) All the fruits of success we are tasting from ISRO are from the homegrown seeds sowed decades back, because of sanctions and secrecy. The indigenisation and local know how means whatever we are now, its all because of local technological advances and own resources.

2) Unlike import/ ToT from other countries, this would go a long way as our scientists and engineers are now experts in the basics of PSLV/ GSLV (still progressing as we speak)/ Remote sensing tech... etc. We now need to go a couple of steps further and hone up our capabilities to match up with the big boys in Russia/ NASA (atleast 10-15 more years).

3) The successful endeavors of ISRO should pave way for similar investments and work cultures for our stuck defence research/ projects including Jet Engine/ Local 5th gen. fighter etc. If DRDO/ HAL (though they are way better then the former) was even 25% of ISRO, India would have been a net exporter of defence equipments by now.
 
Some of these remote sensing satellites have military application also. TES which India launched more than a decade ago was a spy satellite with resolution less than 1 m. Current spy satellites have resolution of 10X10 CM..
 
This is one field which I foresee India to be a superpower in the coming decades:

3) The successful endeavors of ISRO should pave way for similar investments and work cultures for our stuck defence research/ projects including Jet Engine/ Local 5th gen. fighter etc. If DRDO/ HAL (though they are way better then the former) was even 25% of ISRO, India would have been a net exporter of defence equipments by now.

There is a difference here between DRDO and ISRO. ISRO has the advantage of being both developer and user, where as DRDO is only developer. ISRO has reached where it is because even on facing failure it does not give up on its launchers and asks for gold plated imports. PSLV was not the world class launcher when it was first launched. Subsequent improvements by ISRO over the years have it a grand success story.
 
Space on a budget: India's low-cost success story - RADIO AUSTRALIA
Updated 1 July 2014, 11:19 AEST

India's Prime Minister has used the launch of a home-grown rocket to endorse the country's space program as the most cost-effective in the world.

At the launch of a rocket carrying five foreign satellites, Narendra Modi said India has the potential to supply the world with reliable, low-cost space technology.

As Tom Maddocks reports, Mr Modi says India's developing space program is using technology for the benefit of the poor.

Reporter: Tom Maddocks

Speakers: Pallava Bagla, science editor, New Delhi Television; Upendra Choudhury, associate professor, International Politics, Aligarh Muslim University

MADDOCKS: (SFX) Another step for India's ambitious space programme. The home-grown Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off from the south eastern space port of Sriharitoka, carrying satellites from France, Germany, Canada and Singapore.

At the space port for the rocket's launch was Pallava Bagla, an Indian science journalist and the author of the book "Destination Moon".

BAGLA: The Indian space research programme, is really very, very cost-effective, and it works on a shoestring budget. The annual budget for the Indian research organisation is just about may be under one-billion dollars. Compared to that, NASA's annual budget is 17-billion dollars.

MADDOCKS: In November last year, India launched its maiden mission to Mars - its biggest space mission yet. The rocket is on track to reach Mars by September, and apparently, it cost less money than the making of the Hollywood blockbuster film 'Gravity'. The mission is part of a program said to be delivering more often, and with a smaller price tag. But there's a caveat, says Pallava Bagla.

BAGLA: The Indian space research programme is funded by the Indian government, so there is a lot of hidden costs which don't come upfront as a measurable cost for people. At the end of the day, it has to compete in the global market. It will have to charge prices and get costs which are competitive to other private players. Right now, because it is a government-funded programme, they can work on shoestring budgets, on shoestring salaries and get things going. But in the end, if the private sector has to take over India's launch market programme, I'm sure the pricing will go quite high.

MADDOCKS: But he says India has the potential to be a game-changer in supplying low-cost space technology to the rest of the world. And the country's leader agrees.

There for the launch at the space centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi overwhelmingly endorsed India's space capabilities. India's scientists, he says, have shown the world a new paradigm of frugal engineering. He's called for the development of a satellite that will provide services for South Asian nations, presented as a gift from India.

The day he was sworn in as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi invited all the members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Science journalist Pallava Bagla again.

BAGLA: So he's carrying forward that hand of friendship, in saying that, India which has the capability of making satellites and launching satellites, is now ready to gift a satellite to the SAARC mission, which could eventually benefit them.

MADDOCKS: Some argue that while the space program is delivered at a fraction of the price it costs other major nations, the priority should be on other things, like poverty reduction. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi says space technology is for the common man, and the country's space program, is thus driven by a vision of service to humanity - not by a desire of power.

Upendra Choudhury is an expert on India's space and missile programmes, and he says the space programme is used to benefit a spectrum of sectors like health, education and disaster management.

CHOUDHURY: The space programme is not meant for the elite. It is used for a lot of developmental activities, such as poverty reduction, agricultural purposes, educational purposes, health missions and disaster management. So we can't just see the military implications of the space programme, rather, India has to use its space programme for poverty alleviation, for all of the developmental activities, including health and education.

Source:- Space on a budget: India's low-cost success story | Asia Pacific | ABC Radio Australia
 
Now...why do I get a feeling that after a couple of years, there is going to be some malfunction in one of our sats which becomes a serious threat and India suddenly demolishes it using an a-sat weapon. :smokin:
 
Now...why do I get a feeling that after a couple of years, there is going to be some malfunction in one of our sats which becomes a serious threat and India suddenly demolishes it using an a-sat weapon. :smokin:

Agni 5 is capable enough to be transformed into an ASAT as and when required - can even place satellites of around 50 kg. to orbit as well!
 
Thats what. We will only prove that capability only after 4-5 years.

But the thing is we are not sure when the work on it will start! As of now DRDO has no plans for such a missile but I remember former DRDO chief Sr. Saraswat remaking that the first test of it can be possible within 3 to 4 years as for we have already developed an ABM system - much complex in nature than an ASAT system.
 
i hope these 24 satalites have a military application.

means we keep an eye on our neighbours from outer space 24/7

impressive
 
i hope these 24 satalites have a military application.

means we keep an eye on our neighbours from outer space 24/7

impressive

Obviously mate - though officially GSAT-7 is our only military communications satellite and RISAT-2 our spy satellite but still each and every indian satellite in orbit has some or the other military applications!

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Muzaffarabad, Pakistan occupied Kashmir -This image is obtained through RISAT 2 :D
(Low Resolution Pic for obvious reasons)​
 
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