Indian Space Capabilities

[Kinetic]

Hamaew pass bhi hai fireworks ki capability....hope ke recent ghuari test did light up indian radars on western frontier............

This is 100 tims more powerful than even what you can imagine. So don't say you have fireworks capability of this kind. Than Afghanistan will compare themselves with RPGs they have.

 

[ajtr]

This is 100 tims more powerful than even what you can imagine. So don't say you have fireworks capability of this kind. Than Afghanistan will compare themselves with RPGs they have.

so that mean the fireworks pakistan saw in 2010 around diwali and around christmas now can be seen beyond pakistan borders in west too....

 

[Azazel]

ISRO planning 10 space missions in 2013

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to accomplish 10 space missions in the next one year, parliament was informed Wednesday.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy told the Lok Sabha that eight of these are planned by September 2013 and the remaining two by 2013-end.

The missions are three polar satellite launch vehicles, one geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle, two communication satellites, one earth observation (ocean) satellite, one meteorological satellite, one navigation satellite and Mars orbiter.

ISRO planning 10 space missions in 2013 - Sci/Tech - DNA

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

 

[karan21]

What is this man and can you please give the source.

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

What is this man and can you please give the source.

these are main and drogue chutes of the crew module deceleration system under testing from AN-32.

 

[karan21]

these are main and drogue chutes of the crew module deceleration system under testing from AN-32.

ohh and what is this going to be used for SRE2 or the manned space capsule.

 

[IndoUS]

these are main and drogue chutes of the crew module deceleration system under testing from AN-32.

I was thinking that the ISRO was working on a space shuttle type of design that would re-enter the atmosphere and land like an aircraft, or is this wrong??

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

ohh and what is this going to be used for SRE2 or the manned space capsule.

Manned space capsule or crew module.

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

I was thinking that the ISRO was working on a space shuttle type of design that would re-enter the atmosphere and land like an aircraft, or is this wrong??

As of now, the capability to handle reentry of a winged vehicle at hypersonic speeds and later a controlled maneuver to the landing site is not possessed by ISRO. SRE-1 was a controlled reentry followed by a ballistic fall very similar to the contemporary crew modules like soyuz and orion. So, ISRO crew module will be of contemporary design as shown in the image below. In the RLV-TD experiment, ISRO means to achieve reentry expertise for a winged body, but its proposed application is only for a reusable cargo vehicle. May be in the future ISRO may consider a winged body for a manned mission.

 

[conworldus]

As of now, the capability to handle reentry of a winged vehicle at hypersonic speeds and later a controlled maneuver to the landing site is not possessed by ISRO. SRE-1 was a controlled reentry followed by a ballistic fall very similar to the contemporary crew modules like soyuz and orion. So, ISRO crew module will be of contemporary design as shown in the image below. In the RLV-TD experiment, ISRO means to achieve reentry expertise for a winged body, but its proposed application is only for a reusable cargo vehicle. May be in the future ISRO may consider a winged body for a manned mission.

My friend. A space shuttle built in the early 90s cost nearly 2 billion dollars (so now it would probably cost about 5 billion). Each launch costs nearly half a billion dollars. It is not that other countries don't have the technology. It is just a matter of proper metallurgy. However, the cost is forcing every country to adopt the Soyuz style design which is much more economical.

China's Shenzhou 6 program cost just about 110 million.

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

My friend. A space shuttle built in the early 90s cost nearly 2 billion dollars (so now it would probably cost about 5 billion). Each launch costs nearly half a billion dollars. It is not that other countries don't have the technology. It is just a matter of proper metallurgy. However, the cost is forcing every country to adopt the Soyuz style design which is much more economical.

China's Shenzhou 6 program cost just about 110 million.

US, Europe and Japan, all are considering or working on developing technologies for building a reusable manned winged body vehicle.

just for example:

 

[Shatterpoint]

Is India and France doing any R&D, France had some pretty good research institutes as well, Indian and French partnership and friendship is very strong and there are so many ways we can make it stronger and much deeper.

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

Is India and France doing any R&D, France had some pretty good research institutes as well, Indian and French partnership and friendship is very strong and there are so many ways we can make it stronger and much deeper.

Actually alot of collaboration is going on between Indian and France in space technology particularly in satellites. Both the countries also launch each others satellites on Ariane and PSLV.

 

[Type 055]

France gives the technology to India.