Indian Space Capabilities

[BlueDot_in_Space]

@BlueDot_in_Space

Got any info on launch date of SRE 2?

Also,this link says LVM 3 would undergo first development tests,18 months after the experimental suborbital flight in 2014.
I have also heard thay C 25 would be ready only in 2016..really confused....

India's first manned space flight trial in 2015 - Deccan Herald

My guess, SRE-2 will be launched along with Cartosat 2c in the last quarter of 2014 or early 2015. LVM3 D-1 will take place in 2017.

 

[gslv mk3]

My guess, SRE-2 will be launched along with Cartosat 2c in the last quarter of 2014 or early 2015. LVM3 D-1 will take place in 2017.

Well,would that be protype Indian OV?I heard that it'll have solar panels too

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

Well,would that be protype Indian OV?I heard that it'll have solar panels too

Nop, SRE-2 is not prototype of indian OV. Its meant for performing cheap microgravity experiments and testing technologies that will allow developing second stage of TSTO-RLV. If you recall, TSTO rlv has a cryogenic upper stage that will go into the orbit, deploy sats and later perform reentry to be recovered at sea. These profiles are very similar to SRE mission profiles. Only some of the technologies being tested on SRE will go into OV like space grade cameras etc.

As far as solar panels are concerned, SRE1 also had solar panels on its base that is why its base was always sun facing.

 

[gslv mk3]

Nop, SRE-2 is not prototype of indian OV. Its meant for performing cheap microgravity experiments and testing technologies that will allow developing second stage of TSTO-RLV. If you recall, TSTO rlv has a cryogenic upper stage that will go into the orbit, deploy sats and later perform reentry to be recovered at sea. These profiles are very similar to SRE mission profiles. Only some of the technologies being tested on SRE will go into OV like space grade cameras etc.

As far as solar panels are concerned, SRE1 also had solar panels on its base that is why its base was always sun facing.

Mate,which kind of tests for RLV TSTO?? I am really interested.

 

[IND151]

Capacity of rockets could increase if a Polar Satellite Launch Station (PSLN) was established in Kanyakumari or Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, which were close to the Equator, a former ISRO scientist said here Wednesday.

Talking to reporters here, former ISRO scientist N Sivasubramaniam said, “Now our PSLV is carrying 1.25 tonne to 1.5 tonne capacity. Technically, we can say the capacity of rockets being launched can increase if we establish PSLN somewhere in Kulasekarapattinam or in Kanyakumari as these places were close to the Equator. It could carry up to two tonne.

Capacity of rockets could increase if PSLN comes in TN | idrw.org

 

[IND151]

Capacity of rockets could increase if a Polar Satellite Launch Station (PSLN) was established in Kanyakumari or Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, which were close to the Equator, a former ISRO scientist said here Wednesday.

Talking to reporters here, former ISRO scientist N Sivasubramaniam said, “Now our PSLV is carrying 1.25 tonne to 1.5 tonne capacity. Technically, we can say the capacity of rockets being launched can increase if we establish PSLN somewhere in Kulasekarapattinam or in Kanyakumari as these places were close to the Equator. It could carry up to two tonne.

Capacity of rockets could increase if PSLN comes in TN | idrw.org

 

[kurup]

New set of images of Kedarnath area released by Indian National Remote Sensing Centre collected using the RISAT-1

New high resolution images of Kedarnath - the cause of the debris flow disaster is now clear - The Landslide Blog - AGU Blogosphere

 

[RPK]

 

[HariPrasad]

Capacity of rockets could increase if a Polar Satellite Launch Station (PSLN) was established in Kanyakumari or Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, which were close to the Equator, a former ISRO scientist said here Wednesday.

Talking to reporters here, former ISRO scientist N Sivasubramaniam said, “Now our PSLV is carrying 1.25 tonne to 1.5 tonne capacity. Technically, we can say the capacity of rockets being launched can increase if we establish PSLN somewhere in Kulasekarapattinam or in Kanyakumari as these places were close to the Equator. It could carry up to two tonne.

Capacity of rockets could increase if PSLN comes in TN | idrw.org

Hi Guys,

My suggestions for increasing Rocket's weight lifting capacity.

1) Advance fuel in first stage main motor (The one which is perhaps used in BULVA by Russians)
2) Composite motor in Second stage and beyond. (And all the possible measures which were tested and validated in Agni IV and V program as a part of weight reduction measure.)
3) Kerosene cryogenic boosters in first stage.

 

[RPK]

 

[kurup]

First launch of PSLV on September 20, 1993

http://www.aame.in/2013/09/1st-ever-flight-of-polar-satellite.html

 

[RPK]

 

[IND151]

http://idrw.org/?p=28768

 

[IND151]

http://www.frontline.in/cover-story/mission-to-mars/article5280848.ece?homepage=true

 

[li0nheart]

Mangalyaan a historic mission that will make India proud: ISRO chief