Indian Space Capabilities

[Donatello]

Hats off to smart scientists and engineers of isro,for making a billion people proud.

This guy is already talking about something that hasn't happened yet..

 

[RPK]

VARANASI: The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) has joined hands with the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to promote better understanding of vegetation-environment relationship, including development of predictive ability to study the vegetation response to the climate change.

While BHU vice-chancellor D P Singh inaugurated the ISRO-funded automated agromet weather station (AMS) at the Rajiv Gandhi South Campus (RGSC), Barkachha (Mirzapur), on Friday, it also marked the start of the first activity of the newly established Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD) in the university.

As per A S Raghubanshi, coordinator, IESD, BHU, the AMS would work with the help of a 10-metre tall micrometeorological tower, installed at RGSC, that also became functional on Friday.

The data collected through the sensors placed at various sites in the biodiversity park of the RGSC would be uplinked every hour to the AMS transmitter of INSAT/KALPANA-1 satellite and again retransmitted through the extended C-band transponder to the earth station at Ahmedabad, said Raghubanshi.

It may be mentioned here that the installation of AMS at RGSC (BHU) is a part of ISRO-sponsored nationwide 24 automated weather stations. The AMS has sensors capable of measuring radiation, energy and soil-water balance components continuously with a total of 26 quantities at half-an-hour interval.

For this, the sensors for air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, rainfall, solar radiation, atmospheric pressure, soil temperature, moisture and heat flux have already been placed at various sites in the biodiversity park of the RGSC.

According to J S Parihar, deputy director of ISRO-Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad, a databank of ISRO-agromet observations is being created at Ahmedabad which would soon be made accessible to the internet users.

He also emphasised that characterising the exchanges in energy, water and carbon dioxide within vegetation and atmospheric surface is important in developing the predictive ability to study the vegetation response to the climate change, which would be done through the station.

R P Singh, a scientist at SAC, said the data generated by the network would help in understanding the effect of vegetation climate using remote sensing and process based modelling.

A number of senior university officials including rector B D Singh and officer on special duty ( OSD) Onkar Singh were also present during the inauguration programme.

Make BHU a world-class varsity: V-C to students, teachers

times news network

Varanasi: Reaching the top is difficult but retaining the top position is even more difficult, said BHU vice-chancellor D P Singh while addressing the students, teachers and non-teaching employees at the RGSC, Barkaccha, in the new academic session (2010-11) on Friday.

Referring to the recent visit of US Ambassador to India, Timothy J Roemer to the university, the vice-chancellor emphasised that the university has attracted worldwide attention and the onus for making it a world-class varsity rests with the students and teachers.

He said that the BHU is the first university to come up with a set of environmental policies.

Earlier, he also inaugurated the BPharma (Ayurveda) laboratory at the RGSC.

A number of senior university officials including director, Institute of Medical Science ( IMS), T M Mohapatra, and dean, faculty of ayurveda, V K Joshi were also present on the occasion.


Read more: V-C inaugurates ISRO-funded agromet weather station - Varanasi - City - The Times of India V-C inaugurates ISRO-funded agromet weather station - Varanasi - City - The Times of India

 

[PAKFA]

This guy is already talking about something that hasn't happened yet..

Whether It happened yet or not at least they scientist , scholars deserve cheer for their sheer hard work.

 

[seljuki]

it will probably fail like last time..

all this money can be used to improve the lives of the poor ppl instead.

 

[PAKFA]

it will probably fail like last time..

all this money can be used to improve the lives of the poor ppl instead.

This is our problem not yours , you better concentrate on your flood and Taliban.There is famous quote


"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

 

[jha]

it will probably fail like last time..

all this money can be used to improve the lives of the poor ppl instead.

 

[GK2010]

it will probably fail like last time..

all this money can be used to improve the lives of the poor ppl instead.

Thank you sooooo much for your appreciation.

 

[!!craft!!]

if we say we goona build some thing answer is, ''its not yet happened stop dreaming''!!

if we say we goona test it answer is, ''its gonna fail''!!

if we say we goona buy some advanced weaponry answer is ,''its not the machine its the man behind it''!!

if we say we goona spend billion dollars in self defense answer is ''first feed the poor''!!

and our reply!!!!!

 

[indianpatriot]

it will probably fail like last time..

all this money can be used to improve the lives of the poor ppl instead.

 

[seljuki]

hmm seems like my point stuck like a thorn in the indians side.

such a terrible affair.. all this money wasted down the drain .. instead it could have been put to more positive use like creating jobs or food agriculture improvements for the ppl.

 

[Zebronic]

hmm seems like my point stuck like a thorn in the indians side.

such a terrible affair.. all this money wasted down the drain .. instead it could have been put to more positive use like creating jobs or food agriculture improvements for the ppl.

HOW DO YOU KNOW ITS WESTED BEFORE LAUNCH AND ITS ARE MONEY COME FROM HARD WORK NOT FROM BEGGING....SO YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS..

 

[adatta]

India to build missiles with speed 6,000 kmph
Press Trust Of India
Posted on Sep 05, 2010 at 11:21


New Delhi: India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia during the visit of President
Dmitry Medvedev here in December.
The first unit of Kudankulam nuclear plant, built by Russia in Tamil Nadu, will also be commissioned during the visit slated to begin from December 21.
Medvedev will be undertaking the visit for annual India-Russia Summit with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during which the two sides will discuss ways to further enhance their relations in various fields.

One of the highlights of the visit would be signing of a contract for joint development of hypersonic version of the BrahMos cruise missile, Defence Ministry sources said.
This version of the missile will have a speed of over 6,000 kms per hour, making India the only country in the world to possess such missiles of this speed.
The speed of the existing variant of BrahMos is half than that of the proposed ones.
With a range of 290 kms, the hypersonic missiles are expected to be ready by 2015-16, the sources said.
The much-delayed first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant is also expected be made operational during the visit of Medvedev, who will be visiting the site for the purpose, they said.
The commissioning of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam-I, work on which began three years back, will set in motion the roadmap that the two countries are working on in the field of atomic energy cooperation.
Under the roadmap, a number of nuclear reactors would be set up by Russia in India.
Four of the reactors are envisaged to be established in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu and one in Haripur in West Bengal, with scope for more in future.
The proposal to set up a Russian nuclear plant in Haripur is facing resistance from local people, but the government is hopeful of convincing them about its utility and allay their apprehensions.
The second unit of Kudankulam power plant will be made operational within six months of commissioning of the Unit-I.
During the visit of the Russian President, a number of other defence deals are also expected to be signed.

 

[kaku1]

India To Build World's Largest Solar Telescope​

Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 03, 2010
India is inching closer towards building the world's largest solar telescope in Ladakh on the foothills of the Himalayas that aims to study the sun's microscopic structure.
The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) project has gathered momentum with a global tender floated for technical and financial bidding by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).

The tender that was floated last week calls for expression of interest (EoI) to design, manufacture and install the two-metre class solar telescope at a cost of Rs.150 crore (around $31 million).

'The solar telescope will help study the microscopic structure of the sun and derive specific observations that are speculative in nature,' IIA director Siraj Hasan told IANS here.

Solar telescopes are special-purpose scientific instruments used to study the sun. They are among the biggest fixed telescopes and are equipped with an optical flat mirror system to track the sun rays and direct them on to the telescope.

The sun is the star at the centre of the solar system. Three quarters of the sun's mass consists of hydrogen and the rest is helium. Less than two percent consists of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron.

The unique project involves other scientific organisations such as the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Inter-University Centre. The IIA will be the nodal agency.

'The pre-technical discussion meeting will be held in October,' Hasan said.

Though the 10-metre optical telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the largest, the Indian instrument will be the largest among solar telescopes.

Currently, the world's largest solar telescope is the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, with a diameter of 1.6 metres in Kitt Peak National Observatory at Arizona in the US.

'The larger the diameter and larger the surface available to absorb sunlight, the more rays can be collected per second, enabling researchers to collect data with greater clarity and obtain accurate results,' Hasan noted.

The solar telescope can study particles, which are spread across 50 km on the sun.

'A suitable site has been identified at Merak village near Pangong Lake,' Hasan pointed out. The village is situated in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Initially, three sites - at Hanle and Leh in the Ladakh region and Devasthal near Nainital, Uttarakhand - were explored to set up the telescope.

The proposed telescope, which will be used to observe the sun during the day, will need a location with long hours of clear sunshine and clean visible conditions.

 

[kaku1]

ISRO To Conduct Key Test For GSLV Mk III Rocket Next Week​

Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 03, 2010
After a failed test six months ago, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be making a fresh attempt next week to conduct long-duration static test of a crucial liquid core stage for a new generation heavy rocket which is being developed.
"The static test of crucial liquid core stage (L110) of GSLV Mk III launch vehicle (rocket) for 200 seconds is slated for 3 pm on September eight," a senior ISRO official told PTI here.

A top ISRO team, including Director of ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) S Ramakrishnan and Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) P S Veeraraghavan, held a review meeting in Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday and gave the go-ahead for the test.

Chairman of Bangalore-headquartered ISRO, K Radhakrishnan, is expected to witness the test at LPSC test facility in Mahendragiri, officials said.

ISRO conducted the test for 150 seconds at LPSC test facility on March five. While the test was originally targeted for 200 seconds, it was stopped at 150 seconds since a deviation in one of the parameters - minor leakage in the command system - was observed.

A small leak in the command line was detected by computer, which automatically aborted the test. About 500 important parameters were monitored during the static test.

ISRO has since analysed the data.

The GSLV Mk III rocket is being developed for launching four-tonne class of satellites in Geo-synchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Measuring 17 metres in length and four metres in diameter, the L110 is an earth storable liquid propellant stage with propellant loading of 110 tonnes.

The L110 stage uses two high-pressure Vikas engines in a clustered configuration and draws its heritage from the second stage of PSLV and GSLV and strapons of GSLV.

While in PSLV and GSLV, the liquid stage with single engine configuration burns for 150 seconds, the GSLV-Mk III requires burning for 200 seconds in a twin engine configuration.

India's PSLV and GSLV so far used one Vikas engine. But the heavy-rocket GSLV Mk III under development needs much better thrust. And hence, two Vikas engines were being used for the first time, they said.

ISRO has already successfully conducted the short-duration static test of the L110 stage, which uses two high-pressure Vikas engines in a clustered configuration.

In January this year, ISRO also successfully conducted static test of its largest solid booster S200, which would form the strap-on stage for the GSLV Mk III, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota.

The successful test of S200 made it the third largest solid booster in the world, next to the RSRM solid booster of NASA Space Shuttle and P230 solid booster of ARIANE-5.

 

[gowthamraj]

ISRO makes us proud unlike DRDO. Why not we spend additional funds to ISRO. It just 1 billion$ now. Why not 3 billion