Indian Space Capabilities

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A new space race | Science | The Guardian

A new space race

* Anil Dawar
* The Guardian, Tuesday 24 February 2009
* Article history

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was set up in 1969 but only one Indian citizen has made it into space. In 1984, Rakesh Sharma, hitched a lift with Soviet cosmonauts to dock with the Salyut 7 spacestation.

In November 2008, the unmanned Chandrayaan 1 orbited the moon. Isro now aims to launch an unmanned mission to Mars in 2013. China shelved plans to put men on the moon in 1967 rather than lose the race to the USSR. In 2003 it became the third country to send an astronaut into space when Yang Liwei orbited Earth 14 times.

In 2005, two more astronauts followed, and last year, Zhai Zhigang completed the first Chinese space walk. In 2005 Iran revealed its manned programme. It plans to launch a manned mission within a decade, as it seeks to become the region's leading space power by 2021.

 

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Manned space flight: Govt adds Rs95cr to kitty-India-The Times of India

Manned space flight: Govt adds Rs95cr to kitty
24 Feb 2009, 0314 hrs IST, Srinivas Laxman, TNN

MUMBAI: Apart from the Planning Commission approval to ISRO's Rs 12,400-crore manned space flight programme scheduled for liftoff in 2015 from
Sriharikota, the Centre has hiked the pre-project funding for the mission by about Rs 40 crore this year, indicating its keenness to back the project.

ISRO chief spokesperson S Satish told TOI on Monday that the government has earmarked Rs 95 crore this year towards pre-project funding activity, which essentially involves initiating more studies relating to a human space flight.

Last year, the figure was Rs 50 crore. "We are awaiting formal Cabinet approval. It is possible that Cabinet will seek more clarifications before we get the final go-ahead," Satish said.

In Delhi, MoS in PMO Prithviraj Chavan said several aspects of the mission would have to be examined to ensure that the project was viable. "Planning Commission has approved it but the Cabinet is still to clear it," he said. The cost of the mission, at Rs 12,400 crore -- roughly the initial spending on NREGA -- has to be factored in before the government gives a green signal even though, as the pre-project funding indicates, it is interested.

The programme is perhaps the most ambitious one during the 11th five year plan after Chandrayaan-1. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director K Radhakrishnan told TOI that the mission will lift off with the three-stage Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk2 version). "This rocket will be slightly reconfigured and human rated. Preliminary work has already been initiated," he said.

The GSLV-Mk2 will have an indigenous cryogenic engine and this rocket's maiden flight is slated to take place sometime this year. The current GSLVs are powered with the Russian-made cryogenic engine.

The flight plan envisages the manned vehicle with a two-man crew orbiting in the low earth orbit (LEO) for seven days. The LEO extends up to 2,000 km. There has been change in the flight plan as Satish said that originally it was to operate at an altitude of 400 km. "This has been lowered to 275 km because it will permit a heavier mass to fly and the crew compartment itself will be made more comfortable," he said. Some 16 minutes after lift off, the manned compartment will be injected into orbit.

Satish said that after the seven-day mission is completed, there will be a sea landing of the manned compartment. As precursor to this, ISRO launched the Space Capsule Recovery experiment on January 10, 2007 and successfully recovered it in the Bay of Bengal on January 22, 2007.

 

[shchinese]

there can be two possible outcomes for your new engine - a big bang or successful to some extent.

but could you please tell me one thing - what makes you so happy for such an engine which we Chinese can already design and build 30 years ago?

please google the terms "YF-100" "YF-77" and see our progress in recent years. btw, our space agency doesn't have your 20 billion USD budget for any mission.

 

[shchinese]

can someone in this thread help to answer me a simple question - how it is possible for India to successfully send a man into the space when the only indigenous made component on the Delhi class ships are the hull itself?

Delhi class:
Delhi class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

everything imported, nothing designed/made in India.

 

[heartwinlion]

can someone in this thread help to answer me a simple question - how it is possible for India to successfully send a man into the space when the only indigenous made component on the Delhi class ships are the hull itself?

Delhi class:
Delhi class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

everything imported, nothing designed/made in India.

whole world know how chinese make wapeon.

 

[duhastmish]

Like diet coke ???? all fizz with 0 calorie? lol
but this is a misleading statment by him. he is underestimating the enemy, anyways nothing much to prove and a destroyer and space technology are two different thing, somebody should teach shchinese that destroyer don't go to Space

 

[zombie:-)]

can someone in this thread help to answer me a simple question - how it is possible for India to successfully send a man into the space when the only indigenous made component on the Delhi class ships are the hull itself?

Delhi class:
Delhi class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

everything imported, nothing designed/made in India.

you are a complete RETARD what are you smoking you want to stirr up a storm go do it in an appropriate thread not in the space discussion thread

GUYS PLEASE NO REPLYS TO THIS POST PLEASE MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE THREAD MODS PLEASE DELETE OFF TOPIC POSTS INCLUDING THIS ONE TOO

 

[shchinese]

whole world know how chinese make wapeon.

yes, indeed. We invented a large range of modern weapons. rockets/rifles.

watch what the Americans are saying or you can keep trolling.

now show me some Indian invention that changed the history of human civilization please.

 

[SN320]

there can be two possible outcomes for your new engine - a big bang or successful to some extent.

but could you please tell me one thing - what makes you so happy for such an engine which we Chinese can already design and build 30 years ago?

please google the terms "YF-100" "YF-77" and see our progress in recent years. btw, our space agency doesn't have your 20 billion USD budget for any mission.

This could be a futile exercise seeing your intelligence level so far, but where did you get the 20billion figure?

 

[booo]

now show me some Indian invention that changed the history of human civilization please.

ancient indians invented 0.
your chinese martial arts are derived from indian martial art called kalaripayattu.
Bhuddism is from india.
now will you please stop hijacking this thread?

 

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BrahMos To Sign MOU With ISRO

BrahMos To Sign MOU With ISRO

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by Staff Writers
Kochi, India (PTI) Feb 27, 2009
BrahMos Aerospace will sign an MOU with ISRO for launcher vehicle integration, the Company CEO, Siva Thanu Pillai, said on Thursday.

A separate production line for ISRO is expected to be ready by 2013 and the government has agreed to provide about 50 acre of land for it, Pillai said at a workshop here on 'Industrial Opportunties in Aerospace and Defence Sectors'.

BrahMos would also be partner with Atomic Energy department to manufacture precision robotics systems and manipulators for nuclear reactors, he said.

Another area of interest is the development of Aero engines for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)s.

The aim was to make Brahmos Aerospace Rs 1,000 crore company in four years time.

Pillai said business worth Rs 10,000 crore turnover could be tapped by industries in Kerala from the defence sector in another 3-4 years time. The Indian defence market would be around USD 45 billion in the next five years.

Very soon a tripartite agreement between Bharat Electronics, National Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) and Keltron would be inked for development of varous defence systems, he said.

There were vast opportunities for Kerala based industries to contribute to the growth in defence market, Pillai said, adding, the state had Titanium reserves of about 7.5 lakh tonnes which can be mined.

With an investment of Rs 4500 crore, and production target of 10,000 tonnes per year, a company could post an annual turnover of around Rs 5,000 crore, he said.

Col Manoj Nair, Director, Army Aviation, said the Army aviation has a sizeable fleet of helicopters and a host of aircraft spares are required ranging from low technology items to high cost items procured from abroad and vendors from within the country. There was ample opportunities for industries in Kerala to step into this growing market, he said.

Only 30 per cent of defence requirements are presently procured indigenously.

 

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ISRO rocket to carry more astronauts in space-India-The Times of India

ISRO rocket to carry more astronauts in space

1 Mar 2009, 1145 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: As the country readies itself for putting a human on a space flight, scientists are busy developing next generation rockets that can
carry more astronauts and put heavier satellites in orbit.

The Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III), expected to be launched in the next three years, will give the country self-sufficiency in launching the entire range of satellites.

"If everything goes through successfully, we can attempt a launch by 2011 beginning," GLSV Mk III Project Director N Narayan Moorthy told PTI here.

Scientists at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram will carry out testing of all engines this year.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists also said the GSLV Mk III will enable them to send "heavier and more meaningful" probes to Mars and also help send more astronauts on a single mission.

ISRO is planning to use the current version of the GSLV in the human space flight it plans to undertake in 2015.

"In case we use Mark III, we can send three persons instead of two by the regular GSLV," an ISRO scientist said.

The GSLV is capable of launching 2.5-tonne satellites and ISRO has to depend on the European Space Agency to put in orbit its communications satellites.

 

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IIT-K students develop nano satellite-Pune-Cities-The Times of India

IIT-K students develop nano satellite
28 Feb 2009, 0240 hrs IST, Vishwas Kothari, TNN

PUNE: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) has embarked on a mission to become the first academic institution in the country to
design and develop a nano satellite. The launch of this nano satellite, Jugnu', is scheduled for the end of this year.

Speaking to ToI here on Thursday, IIT-K's dean (resource, planning and generation) Sanjeev K Aggarwal said, "The Indian Space and Research Organisation (Isro) is assisting in the project, which forms part of the run-up activity for a bigger contributory role we (IIT-K) expect to play in Chandrayaan-II."

The second phase of India's unmanned moon mission is scheduled for launch by Isro in 2011 or 2012.

He said, "The entire exercise is aimed at familiarising students with system building; the nano satellite is a full integration project."

Referring to Jugnu', Aggarwal said, "The nano satellite will weigh around 7 to 9 kg and is currently being designed and fabricated by students and faculty in the IIT-K labs."

"The launch is intended to put the nano satellite in the polar orbit, between 700 and 800 km distance from earth," he added.

The polar orbit is an orbit in which a satellite travels from north-to-south direction and passes above or nearly above both the poles of the earth. Polar orbit is normally used for purposes like earth mapping, earth observation and reconnaissance.

Jugnu will carry high resolution cameras to puck up images meant for data analysis. It is also intended to aide collection of information for flood, drought and disaster management.

Aggarwal said, "While ISRO will launch the nano satellite for us, the control earth station for the purpose of communication and reconnaissance images, will be located on the premises of IIT-K."

Meanwhile, Aggarwal said that the IIT-K has launched a thorough review of the curriculum for its undergraduate degree programmes. "The review is part of an exercise that is taken every 10 years to see that the curriculum remains in tune with what the industry wants from our product, ie the students."

Also, he said, the idea is to sustain the distinct differentiating edge, which IIT graduates enjoy over their counterparts from other institutes in the country. There would be focus on emerging areas of study in fields related energy and nano-materials, among others, he said.

 

[Screaming Skull]

India to invest £1.7 billion to send astronauts in space by 2015

Thursday, February 26, 2009, 16:24

India has finally announced its plans to launch its first manned space mission in 2015.

This would be the first Indian mission where in an Indian astronaut would walk on the moon using an Indian spacecraft.

Senior officials have earmarked £1.7 billion to fund the program.

India’s Planning Commission, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has agreed to hand over billions of dollars to make it happen. With the success of this mission, India would join the elite club, which presently includes China, US and Russia, that has sent a man to the moon using their own spacecraft.

ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair explained that the mission would involve ISRO’s 3-ton capsule to orbit the Earth at 248 miles in altitude for up to seven days with a 2 member crew on board. The capsule has a capacity to carry three persons and is and is equipped with a rendezvous and docking capability.The spacecraft will splashdown in the Indian Ocean after completion of the mission.

The necessary mission infrastructure includes a new launch pad at ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota and a programme to train the astronauts for the mission. ISRO’s spokesman S.Satish said, “We have to establish a facility for training the astronaut, then we have to build a human space capsule - so these are some of the major technological challenges.”

The astronaut training is expected to be conducted in Bangalore.

ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said, “We zeroed in on Bangalore after identifying several favorable aspects. We have an aviation medicine institute in the city which will significantly contribute for the astronaut training.” A site of 140 acres beyond the greenfield Bengaluru International Airport has been selected for the training.

The whole project will also receive assistance from Russia as far as the crew selection and training are concerned. As a part of the agreement signed between India and Russia, an Indian astronaut will first go on a space mission on a Russian spacecraft.

This apparently will be followed by the Indian manned flight into the space in 2015.

After the success of the unmanned mission, Chandrayan-1, in 2008, Indian scientists at ISRO started working on a manned mission to the moon. “We had a good meeting. The general inference is that ISRO has done an expert job and it needs to be supported. The Planning Commission will support it,”
said Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia who had a two-hour meeting on February 20, 2009, with top ISRO scientists and officials
of the Department of Space.

The full funding for the project is yet to be done but the work has already begun with the $19.4 million allocation by the government to ISRO in ISRO’s 40.7 billion rupee ($834 million) budget for 2007-2008.

To make the project a success, scientists are still working on some of the key aspects of the spacecraft, namely a man-rated launcher featuring safety and reliability enhancements, life support systems, rescue and recovery systems, a robotic manipulator, and new mission-management and control systems.

The MoU signed by G. Madhavan Nair and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Perminov also allows India to redesign the Soyuz space capsule of the Russian agency for the mission similar to the Soyuz redesigning by the Chinese to develop their spacecraft ‘Shenzhou’.

S.Satish also said the astronaut capsule would launch atop a modified version of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark 2, currently under development. The GSLV Mark 2 features an indigenously developed cryogenic upper-stage engine; the Mark 1 variant currently in use has a Russian-supplied upper stage engine.

The first test launch of the standard GSLV Mark 2 launcher is scheduled for 2009.

The success of the mission would mark another milestone for ISRO, which has been receiving support from the government despite the issues between the major parties like BJP and Congress. The mission hopes to build a strong base for further research.

 

[PeacefulIndian]

I think we preponed it. I remember that Madhavan Nair had said that India plans to send astronaut in Space by 2020.
Let's hope we can achieve 2015 target!!