Research being done on designing re-usable satellites, says ISRO scientist

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SOURCE: THE HINDU \

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (ISRO) Project Director (RLV-TD) N. Shyam Mohan said research is going on designing satellites that can be reused. India can send re-useable satellites with indigenous technology by 2023, he said. He inaugurated the two-day technical festival ‘Yantrik’, organised by Mechanical Department of Koneru Lakshmaiah University (KLU) on its campus at Vaddeswaram village in Guntur district on Friday. Addressing the students, Mr. Shyam Mohan said the expense for one launch was very high as about 85 per cent of the raw material used for designing a satellite goes waste and the equipment cannot be used for another satellite. To minimise the cost, US, Russia and India are doing research on designing renewable satellites and India would achieve success soon, he said. Stating that ISRO is ready to fund for innovative projects designed by students, the space scientist asked the students to focus on research activity and design Stud-Sats. Youth should come forward to design satellites with indigenous technology, he said. Mr. Shyam Mohan explained how rockets are launched from the launch pad and the different stages of a satellite before being placed in the orbit. “For research in Indian navigation, we launched six satellites and one more would be launched soon for attaining full-fledged technical knowledge. We successfully launched many rockets, thanks to the team spirit of ISRO scientists. If more funds are allocated we can take up more researches,” said the space scientist. Interacting with the students, Mr. Shyam Mohan said many youth were vying for plum jobs but not research. He asked the budding engineers to throw light on research activity and help for the country for standing top in technology development. KLU Vice-Chancellor L.S.S. Reddy, Pro Vice-Chancellor A.V.S. Prasad, Koneru Lakshmaiah Engineering College Principal Anand Kumar, Dean (Research) K.L. Narayana, Yantrik convenor A. Srinath, coordinators S. Srinivasa Rao, and K. Ramakotaiah participated.

 

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Why not simply increase life of satellites by like a 100 years? Keep charging an auxiliary battery over lifetime and raise the orbit to get it back in place. And use better battery technology, the kind in latest Tesla cars and mobiles. Why bother letting the satellite fall, collect it from sea and relaunch it? Sounds like managerial fart.