Indian Space Capabilities

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congrats . Btw whts the purpose of these sats . ? R they gona use for spying or some other purpose

 

[SpArK]

@ india
congrats . Btw whts the purpose of these sats . ? R they gona use for spying or some other purpose

spy satellites are already in place which carries a panchromatic camera to provide 0.5-0.85 micron images at one meter resolution in a swath of 9.6 km.. that means it can scan things upto 3 feet length at any place.

 

[Guynextdoor]

ISRO working on sending Indians to space

Sriharikota, Jul 12 (PTI) An unmanned test crew module will be put into orbit by ISRO in 2013 as a prelude to the country's maiden manned mission to send two Indians into space.

ISRO also said today that a third launch pad, at a cost of Rs.1,000 crore, is proposed to be built at Sriharikota, where the rocket that will take the Indian astronauts into space will be assembled and blast off.

ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said the space agency plans to launch the first test unmanned mission with an unmanned capsule on PSLV, which will be put into orbit and recovered soon after the mission.

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Ok, I thought we'll be using the GSLV. GSLV Mk2 was supposed to be the manned vehicle launcher. But with the CRyos still giving us trouble, it's ok to keep the program running with PSLV.

 

[trident2010]

Ok, I thought we'll be using the GSLV. GSLV Mk2 was supposed to be the manned vehicle launcher. But with the CRyos still giving us trouble, it's ok to keep the program running with PSLV.

It will be GSLV MK2 for manned mission as it is more powerful than PSLV. Since first test will be unmanned, they can use PSLV as a launcher. And I think it will give them the sufficient time to perfect the launcher technology for manned mission.

 

[Speaker]

This is what I saw on the CNN website:

Other smaller devices comprised satellites from a Canadian university, Algeria and STUDSAT, a light-weight rocket made by Indian engineering students, the Indian Space Research Organization said.

And from other sources:

Studsat consortium consists of seven Engineering colleges from Hyderabad and Bangalore bound by an MOU in order to sponsor the project financially. The consortium comprises of following colleges.

Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore.
B M S Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad.
Vignan Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad.

Anyone from any of these colleges?

 

[d14gtc]

Burrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Excellent Work Dearest Scientists

 

[CONNAN]

Proud to be an India
ISRO again make us proud

Jai ho

 

[soaringphnx]

ISRO to launch more satellites this year​

After successfully placing five satellites in orbit on Monday, India's space agency ISRO said it will launch more satellites this year and efforts were on to put two Indians in space orbit.

"We will launch GSat-5, a communication satellite, using GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket. The other launch will be Resourscesat-2, a remote sensing satellite, using the rocket PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan said in Sriharikota.

He was talking to reporters after five satellites, including the advanced high resolution cartography satellite Cartosat-2B, were placed in orbit following the successful launch of the PSLV rocket from the spaceport here, about 80 km north of Chennai.

He said: "The next PSLV rocket will carry multiple satellites - Resourcesat-2 and two small satellites."

According to ISRO officials, the organisation has all the sub-systems to assemble the PSLV rocket. The launch is slated before October this year.

"The work on assembling the GSLV rocket will start on Wednesday and the launch is expected to be by September-end or October first week," said PS Veeraghavan, the director at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.

On the manned mission planned by ISRO, Radhakrishnan said the space agency has laid the road map to put two humans in orbit for seven days.

"For manned mission we have to have the orbital capsule-module to carry the humans - life support systems and escape systems for the astronauts in case of an emergency. The systems are being designed and the concept has been reviewed," said S. Ramakrishnan, the director of the ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.

"The first phase is to design the orbital vehicle. Once it is built the design will be evaluated by launching it in a PSLV rocket. That will give us confidence. The avionics needed for that rocket is complex and have to be developed."

"The first phase will look at the critical technologies needed for human flight and the second phase is to get the human rating for the rocket and the orbital vehicle," said Radhakrishnan.

The second phase of the human flight mission is to build a new launch pad and astronaut training centre.

"The new launch pad and accompanying facilities needed for human space flight will involve an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore," said MC Dathan, the director of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

Earlier in the day, five satellites weighing 819 kg were placed in orbit.

Over 20 minutes after the blast off, the PSLV rocket first released the Cartosat-2B followed by Alsat-2A and the three small satellites. This was the first successful launch after Radhakrishnan took over as ISRO chairman last year.

"With the launch of Cartosat-2B, ISRO will have 10 remote sensing satellites in orbit - IRS 1D, Resourcesat 1, TES, Cartosat 1, 2 and 2A, IMS 1, RISAT-2, Oceansat 1 and 2," S. Satish, the ISRO director (publications and public relations), said.

India is a world leader in the remote sensing data market and earns a sizeable amount.

Original article: ISRO to launch more satellites this year-ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times

 

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[Ammyy]

ISRO working on sending Indians to space

Sriharikota, Jul 12 (PTI) An unmanned test crew module will be put into orbit by ISRO in 2013 as a prelude to the country's maiden manned mission to send two Indians into space.

ISRO also said today that a third launch pad, at a cost of Rs.1,000 crore, is proposed to be built at Sriharikota, where the rocket that will take the Indian astronauts into space will be assembled and blast off.

ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said the space agency plans to launch the first test unmanned mission with an unmanned capsule on PSLV, which will be put into orbit and recovered soon after the mission.

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Recover ?? how they do this ???

I mean by parachute or in aircraft style ??

 

[Indiarox]

Recover ?? how they do this ???

I mean by parachute or in aircraft style ??

The module's designs don't look aerodynamically fit for a shuttle like landing so the only other option would be using a Parachute to bring it safely to the sea and then leave the IN to recover it.

 

[mugundhan]

Jai ho !!!!!!!

 

[ambidex]

Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft
11:33 GMT, Monday, 12 July 2010 12:33 UK
Science correspondent, BBC News

The Indian PSLV rocket carried five spacecraft into orbit Norway has launched the innovative AISSat-1 spacecraft to monitor shipping in its territorial waters.
The small satellite will track vessels over 300 gross tonnes by picking up the signals from their AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponders.

The nano-sat - it is a 20 by 20 by 20cm cube - was one of five payloads launched on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Sriharikota Spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

Mr Andersen confirmed that the Norwegian mission team had successfully made contact with AISSat following its separation from the rocket.

NORAIS is part of a project that could eventually lead to a space-AIS solution for the whole of Europe.

The satellite bus, or chassis, was provided by the University of Toronto, Canada. The payload was developed by Kongsberg Seatex AS in co-operation with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).

Hope this launch by India will bring more opportunities and overseas wealth in India.

BBC News - Norway launches AISSat ship-tracking spacecraft

 

[Bhim]

This site tracks satellites LIVE in real time on google maps with an easy interface. Here's a link to cartosat 2A

LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS: CARTOSAT 2A

Wow the application just stunned me.

Could some one post more of the capabilities of Cartosat 2B?

 

[SpArK]

Wow the application just stunned me.

Could some one post more of the capabilities of Cartosat 2B?

Cartosat 2A is a 1,521-pound [690-kg] satellite built to snap images of Earth along with Cartosat 2, a predecessor launched in January 2007. Both craft carry cameras capable of producing images showing objects as small as about three feet [one meter], according to the Indian Space Research Organization, the operator of the satellites. The addition of Cartosat 2A will give the tandem quicker response times and provide more timely imagery to users. The information will be used mostly by civil government agencies and military forces


CARTOSAT 2B is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite is the sixteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was launched along with the 116 kg Algerian Satellite, one nano satellite each from Canada and Switzerland, and StudSat, a pico satellite on 12 July 2010 in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota.


The satellite carries a panchromatic (PAN) camera capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of electromagnetic spectrum. The highly agile CARTOSAT-2B can be steered up to 45 deg along as well as across the direction of its movement to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently