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Still waiting for official release !
But it would be interesting for you ... Iranian KM concept !
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Still waiting for official release !
But it would be interesting for you ... Iranian KM concept !
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What is the LEO payload?
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ISRO unveils space capsule that will fly Indian astronauts
On behalf of HAL, quality documents were handed over by Dr. Jeyakar Vedamanickam, GM, Aerospace Division, HAL (left) to Shri John. P. Zachariah, Director (R&D), VSSC in the backdrop of the Crew Module Structure. (Photo credit: HAL)
New Delhi: After its Mars mission, India now aims to puts humans into space. The first steps towards flying Indian astronauts into space could be taken in weeks.
The Indian astronaut capsule has been unveiled for the very first time. If all goes as per plan in the first experimental flight of India's latest monster rocket, the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III is likely to be tested as early as May or June from Sriharikota.
It could see this astronaut module being flown into space for the very first time, but in a sub-orbital flight. In its first test flight no crew or any animals are likely to be flown.
"Only re-entry technologies and flight dynamics will be tested and the capsule will be recovered 400-500 kilometers away from Port Blair in the Bay of Bengal," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan told NDTV.
ISRO has been dreaming of putting an Indian into space using an Indian rocket launched from India soil. ISRO has sought funding worth Rs. 12,500 crores from the government for the program. It says once the approval comes, an Indian astronaut can be flown in a low Earth orbit in about seven years from the time the approval comes from the government.
When it happens, India's human space capsule could be sent on a seven day mission for two-three astronauts in a low Earth orbit of 300-400 kilometers above earth.
Till date only Russia, USA and China have successfully flown astronauts into space with the latest entrant being China in 2003.
The outer skeleton of Indian human space capsule has been fabricated by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore and was handed over to ISRO which developed it. HAL says the first Crew Module will be further equipped with systems necessary for crew support, navigation, guidance and control systems by ISRO for experimentation in the forthcoming GSLV-MK3 launch.
"HAL takes pride in the India's space programmes and our Aerospace Division has produced this Crew Module in a record time to meet the requirements of ISRO", said Dr RK Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
While the government has hesitated to clear a hefty bill of Rs. 12,500 crores as desired by ISRO for its human space flight program, but so that there are no delays in the development work the Indian government has already sanctioned Rs. 145 crores for the development of what it calls 'critical technologies'.
On behalf of HAL, quality documents were handed over by Dr. Jeyakar Vedamanickam, GM, Aerospace Division, HAL (left) to Shri John. P. Zachariah, Director (R&D), VSSC in the backdrop of the Crew Module Structure. (Photo credit: HAL)
New Delhi: After its Mars mission, India now aims to puts humans into space. The first steps towards flying Indian astronauts into space could be taken in weeks.
The Indian astronaut capsule has been unveiled for the very first time. If all goes as per plan in the first experimental flight of India's latest monster rocket, the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III is likely to be tested as early as May or June from Sriharikota.
It could see this astronaut module being flown into space for the very first time, but in a sub-orbital flight. In its first test flight no crew or any animals are likely to be flown.
"Only re-entry technologies and flight dynamics will be tested and the capsule will be recovered 400-500 kilometers away from Port Blair in the Bay of Bengal," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan told NDTV.
ISRO has been dreaming of putting an Indian into space using an Indian rocket launched from India soil. ISRO has sought funding worth Rs. 12,500 crores from the government for the program. It says once the approval comes, an Indian astronaut can be flown in a low Earth orbit in about seven years from the time the approval comes from the government.
When it happens, India's human space capsule could be sent on a seven day mission for two-three astronauts in a low Earth orbit of 300-400 kilometers above earth.
Till date only Russia, USA and China have successfully flown astronauts into space with the latest entrant being China in 2003.
The outer skeleton of Indian human space capsule has been fabricated by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore and was handed over to ISRO which developed it. HAL says the first Crew Module will be further equipped with systems necessary for crew support, navigation, guidance and control systems by ISRO for experimentation in the forthcoming GSLV-MK3 launch.
"HAL takes pride in the India's space programmes and our Aerospace Division has produced this Crew Module in a record time to meet the requirements of ISRO", said Dr RK Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.
While the government has hesitated to clear a hefty bill of Rs. 12,500 crores as desired by ISRO for its human space flight program, but so that there are no delays in the development work the Indian government has already sanctioned Rs. 145 crores for the development of what it calls 'critical technologies'.
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ISRO’s twin deals: PSLV to launch bigger satellites
Its commercial arm bags contracts from U.K., Singapore
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) reliable PSLV seems to be getting bigger satellites to launch from foreign customers than earlier, going by the two deals struck in the last two weeks.
ISRO recently said it would launch these four satellites, from two clients, in the next two years.
In significant twin contracts, ISRO’s commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, has bagged a deal to launch three 350-kg Disaster Management Constellation (DMC) satellites from the U.K.-based DMCII — a group company of European space and defence major EADS.
The second deal is for Singapore’s first Earth observation satellite, the 400-kg TeLEOS-1. So far, excluding two instances, small experimental satellites of between five and 100 kg have dominated the 35 foreign launches that ISRO has made on the PSLV. The three DMC satellites are planned to be launched in one go, on a PSLV by year-end or early 2015, according to an ISRO official. TeLEOS-1 is also planned for 2015-end, as a primary passenger.
Smaller clients
Nearly half-dozen smaller client satellites that signed up with Antrix apparently await a PSLV flight. ISRO will have to match them with a primary co-passenger and tuck them in suitably on a future PSLV, depending on their orbital distance, inclination and satellite features.
ISRO has not mentioned the fee it will charge for these launches; in 2012, it reportedly earned around Rs. 90 crore for launching its heaviest customer satellite, the 720-kg French SPOT-6. France’s space agency CNES is using the PSLV once again around to launch SPOT-7 around May or June this year.
The two deals that Antrix signed, on January 29 and February 5, are prestigious, the official said. After doing more than 25 flights, each time with single or multiple passengers, the workhorse PSLV rocket’s standing has risen in the highly competitive global market for launchers. The launcher has also put in space the Indo-French Megha Tropiques and SARAL satellites, but above all, “after it launched the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission [in November 2013] its credibility is very high,” the official, who is familiar with these developments, told The Hindu .
“It is perceived as a versatile delivery vehicle that can meet almost any launch requirement, whether polar, low inclination, equatorial [as with Megha-Tropiques], a geostationary transfer orbit or multiple launches.”
Capacity
The PSLV can take single or multiple satellites, with a combined weight of 1,900 to 2,000 kg, to a distance of around 600 km from Earth. Its key competitors in this sphere are the European Vega, and Russia’s old ballistic missiles converted into launchers, such as Dnepr, Rokot and Shtil.
Its commercial arm bags contracts from U.K., Singapore
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) reliable PSLV seems to be getting bigger satellites to launch from foreign customers than earlier, going by the two deals struck in the last two weeks.
ISRO recently said it would launch these four satellites, from two clients, in the next two years.
In significant twin contracts, ISRO’s commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, has bagged a deal to launch three 350-kg Disaster Management Constellation (DMC) satellites from the U.K.-based DMCII — a group company of European space and defence major EADS.
The second deal is for Singapore’s first Earth observation satellite, the 400-kg TeLEOS-1. So far, excluding two instances, small experimental satellites of between five and 100 kg have dominated the 35 foreign launches that ISRO has made on the PSLV. The three DMC satellites are planned to be launched in one go, on a PSLV by year-end or early 2015, according to an ISRO official. TeLEOS-1 is also planned for 2015-end, as a primary passenger.
Smaller clients
Nearly half-dozen smaller client satellites that signed up with Antrix apparently await a PSLV flight. ISRO will have to match them with a primary co-passenger and tuck them in suitably on a future PSLV, depending on their orbital distance, inclination and satellite features.
ISRO has not mentioned the fee it will charge for these launches; in 2012, it reportedly earned around Rs. 90 crore for launching its heaviest customer satellite, the 720-kg French SPOT-6. France’s space agency CNES is using the PSLV once again around to launch SPOT-7 around May or June this year.
The two deals that Antrix signed, on January 29 and February 5, are prestigious, the official said. After doing more than 25 flights, each time with single or multiple passengers, the workhorse PSLV rocket’s standing has risen in the highly competitive global market for launchers. The launcher has also put in space the Indo-French Megha Tropiques and SARAL satellites, but above all, “after it launched the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission [in November 2013] its credibility is very high,” the official, who is familiar with these developments, told The Hindu .
“It is perceived as a versatile delivery vehicle that can meet almost any launch requirement, whether polar, low inclination, equatorial [as with Megha-Tropiques], a geostationary transfer orbit or multiple launches.”
Capacity
The PSLV can take single or multiple satellites, with a combined weight of 1,900 to 2,000 kg, to a distance of around 600 km from Earth. Its key competitors in this sphere are the European Vega, and Russia’s old ballistic missiles converted into launchers, such as Dnepr, Rokot and Shtil.
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An interesting article about ISRO and it's low budget achievements when compared to other nations expenditure. A feather in the cap for Indian scientists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/b...ip-to-mars-doesnt-have-to-break-the-bank.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/b...ip-to-mars-doesnt-have-to-break-the-bank.html
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any Idea about the payload?
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