Indian Space Capabilities

[KRAIT]

Mars Orbiter spent 55% of the total fuel so far: ISRO scientist | idrw.org

For a nation obsessed with mileage, it is great.

 

[HariPrasad]

Ye ISRO walon ne space expidition ko majak bana diya hain. khali 15 mahine main ais acompex mission conceive kar ke bhej bhi diya.

 

[Dash]

Ye ISRO walon ne space expidition ko majak bana diya hain. khali 15 mahine main ais acompex mission conceive kar ke bhej bhi diya.

Jugaad bhai, "Jugaad"

 

[HariPrasad]

Jugaad bhai, "Jugaad"

Jugaad Innovation: Is Your Startup Doing It? @Technori

Jugaad bhai, "Jugaad"

Vinay Dabholkar has co-authored book titled '8 Steps to Innovation: Going from Jugaad to Excellence' in March 2013. The book offers a unique eight-step process for creating a systematic innovation capability, which can be transplanted across the board to any business or region.

Rishikesha Krishnan set to take over as IIM-I new director - Times Of India


Kuldeep Singh, a villager of Chhota Narangwal in Ludhiana district, has created ripples by inventing a machine he has named jugaad, Punjabi for improvised device. The machine is apparently giving Canadian automakers a run for their money.

Punjabi's 'jugaad' floors Canada - Times Of India

 

[Genesis]

So I been hearing some conflicting reports on manned missions for India.

Some say 2015 India is going up, others say 2017 because the manned mission is not in the current 5 year plan, while still others say it will be beyond* 2017 and not in this decade due to financial difficulties?

Then there is of course talk of the 2020 moon landing.

What's accurate here?

*edit: wrong word

 

[kbd-raaf]

So I been hearing some conflicting reports on manned missions for India.

Some say 2015 India is going up, others say 2017 because the manned mission is not in the current 5 year plan, while still others say it will be behind 2017 and not in this decade due to financial difficulties?

Then there is of course talk of the 2020 moon landing.

What's accurate here?

There will be no manned mission until the GSLV Mk3 proves itself to be a successful and reliable launcher.

The other technologies, life support, etc are already present.

 

[Genesis]

There will be no manned mission until the GSLV Mk3 proves itself to be a successful and reliable launcher.

The other technologies, life support, etc are already present.

Any schedule on when that might be?

 

[HariPrasad]

So I been hearing some conflicting reports on manned missions for India.

Some say 2015 India is going up, others say 2017 because the manned mission is not in the current 5 year plan, while still others say it will be beyond* 2017 and not in this decade due to financial difficulties?

Then there is of course talk of the 2020 moon landing.

What's accurate here?

*edit: wrong word

Man Mission is not in the ISRO's priority list. So it will be taken only after 2017, I gauze.

 

[kurup]

So I been hearing some conflicting reports on manned missions for India.

Some say 2015 India is going up, others say 2017 because the manned mission is not in the current 5 year plan, while still others say it will be beyond* 2017 and not in this decade due to financial difficulties?

Then there is of course talk of the 2020 moon landing.

What's accurate here?

*edit: wrong word

"He said it would take 10 years for India to undertake human space flight. “Manned space missions would require more powerful launch vehicles like the GSLV Mark 3 currently under development.”

ISRO gearing up for space capsule recovery experiment

 

[IND151]

There will be no manned mission until the GSLV Mk3 proves itself to be a successful and reliable launcher.

The other technologies, life support, etc are already present.

GSLV Mk III will be tested with cryo engine in 2017.

It will be tested without cryo engine next year.

The GSLV-III orGeosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mark III a current launch vehicledevelopment project by theIndian Space Research Organization that got underway in the early-2000s and is now scheduled for its first suborbitaltest launch of the GSLV booster stage in 2014.[5] It is intended to launch heavy satellites intogeostationary orbit, and will allow India to become less dependent on foreign rockets for heavy lifting.

With first flight now scheduled for April 2014; it is likely the first orbital flight will take place in 2016.[citation needed] ISRO would then need several more successful launches to declare the launcher safe for manned flight. First manned flight is unlikely before 2020, possibly 2–3 years later

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[Chronos]

Any schedule on when that might be?

My estimation is that it won't be for another decade.

For the sheer fact that it is so cost prohibitive.

 

[kbd-raaf]

GSLV Mk III will be tested with cryo engine in 2017.

It will be tested without cryo engine next year.





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One successful mission doesn't a manned space flight launcher make. Once the GSLV becomes a workhorse like the PSLV, only then will a manned mission become feasible.

 

[IND151]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to carry out a space capsule recovery experiment in 2014 to test some of the critical technologies for manned space missions in future.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Director S. Ramakrishnan said here on Friday that the operation would involve the launch of a spacecraft that would later re-enter the earth’s atmosphere. The capsule would be recovered from the sea off Andamans.

Fielding questions after delivering the foundation day lecture of the Kerala Academy of Sciences (KAS) here on Friday, Dr. Ramakrishnan said the operation was scheduled to take place before April 14. Efforts were on simultaneously to develop a crew vehicle and space suit for astronauts.

He said it would take 10 years for India to undertake human space flight. “Manned space missions would require more powerful launch vehicles like the GSLV Mark 3 currently under development.” Dr. Ramakrishnan said the mission readiness review of the indigenous cryogenic engine was scheduled for December 28. The GSLV 2 powered by this engine was expected to be launched on January 5.

Dr. Ramakrishnan said the feedback from the Mars Orbiter Mission would help ISRO plan bigger space missions.

Earlier, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy conferred the honorary fellowship of the Kerala Academy of Sciences on three eminent scientists, namely ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan, executive vice-president of Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, and outstanding scientist of CSIR-NIIST A. Ajayaghosh. M. Vijayan, IISc, Bangalore, was conferred the honorary fellowship in absentia. Mr. Chandy also conferred fellowships on 27 scientists.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Chandy said the country was watching ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission with great enthusiasm. He exhorted the scientific community to imbibe the spirit of enquiry and direct their research towards newer ways of making life simpler. In his reply speech, Dr. Radhakrishnan said the Mars Orbiter Mission had enthused the younger generation. He said ISRO had come out successful in precisely directing the spacecraft towards mars through complex manoeuvring. Dr. Rajasekharan Pillai, in his address, stressed the need for Kerala to build up a critical mass of scientists in different areas to achieve great things in science. He highlighted the importance of networking scientists and creating the right ambience for bright students to take up a career in science. Dr. Ajayaghosh, who won the Infosys prize in 2012, said science education and research had achieved momentum in India. He said students today had ample opportunities to take up science for study and research.

KAS president Oommen V. Oommen and general secretary K.G. Ajitkumar spoke.

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[adwityagrata]

GSLV Mk III will be tested with cryo engine in 2017.
It will be tested without cryo engine next year.

I believe you are mistaken. The cryo engine will be used in the next GSLV flight scheduled by Jan 2015.

What is going to be tested in 2017 is the new 20 Ton thrust LOX engine that is under development.

 

[kurup]

I believe you are mistaken. The cryo engine will be used in the next GSLV flight scheduled by Jan 2015.

What is going to be tested in 2017 is the new 20 Ton thrust LOX engine that is under development.

GSLV Mk2 test in Jan next year will use CE7.5 cryogenic engines with 73KN power .

GSLV MK3 is scheduled to be tested with a cryogenic engine in 2017 , afaik . The cryogenic engine will be CE20 with 200KN power .

Next year there will be a sub-orbital flight test of GSLV MK3 without cryo engine .