Indian Space Capabilities

[Hindustani78]

'Use space technology for social good'
September 26, 2015, Bengaluru, DHNS

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said there is a need to use space technology for social good and development.

Kumar was speaking at a two-day international workshop, “IEEE Smart Tech 2015”.
Delivering the keynote address, ‘Role of Space Technology in Smart City and Make in India’ missions, the Hassan-born scientist said, “With 124 missions, 48 launch vehicle missions, 74 spacecraft missions and one space capsule recovery experiment to its credit, Isro’s accomplishments in Space were a matter of pride.”

On Smart City, he spoke of the need for Geospatial technology along with communication and navigation technologies to form ICT-based solutions. He stated that Isro’s Bhuvan portal which has high resolution images of cities with resolution upto one metre would be of great help in urban planning. Regarding Make in India, he shared some of Isro's success stories like Distress Alert Transmitter, INSAT reporting terminals among others.

 

[TejasMk3]

A little fun for ISRO scientists:

ISRO scientists in Ahmedabad attend a special screening of 'The Martian' - The Economic Times

The director had sent out a message to the scientists as well.

In the message, Scott said: "Namaste, esteemed scientists of the ISRO! I am Ridley Scott, director of the movie which you are about to watch. I guess I have something in common with most of you here; and that's the love for science and space, a subject which has always fascinated me, as some of you would have seen in my earlier films."

"Heartiest congratulations to you and India on the first anniversary of the successful Mars orbit mission (September 24). The Martian is also about an ambitious Mars Mission but more importantly it's about the human spirit."

"When a human mission to Mars goes awry and a scientist gets left behind on Mars, scientists all around Earth collaborate to find a way to rescue him. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I and my team enjoyed making it."

 

[SRP]

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[HariPrasad]

India successfully launches its first space observatory Astrosat into orbit
Last Updated: Monday, September 28, 2015 - 14:19
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Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched its first space observatory 'Astrosat' into the orbit.



Just over 22 minutes into the flight, the rocket slug ASTROSAT at an altitude of 650 km above the earth.

Soon after, six other satellites were also put into orbit and the whole mission ended in just over 25 minutes.

With the successful launch of ASTROSAT, India gained an entry into the select club of nations having its own space observatory after the US, Japan, Russia and Europe.

The launch was witnessed by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Choudhry, who later congratulated the ISRO scientists and said the space programme was "exactly going as per our present Prime Minister's vision and plan" and what he has said in the United States yesterday.

Declaring the launch successful, a beaming ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar said PSLV had put in an astronomy mission which is being looked at not only within the country but also globally to bring in new information to scientific community.

"I congratulate the entire ISRO community for the wonderful job they have done," he said addressing the gathering at the Mission Control Centre.

The Astrosat has the ability to observe celestial bodies like distant stars and cosmic X-Ray sources in different wavelengths simultaneously.

Incidentally, this is the first time that an Indian rocket launched satellites from the US.

Till date, India has launched 45 foreign satellites for a fee.

With a life span of five years, Astrosat will observe the universe through optical, ultraviolet, low and high energy X-ray components of the electromagnetic spectrum, whereas most other scientific satellites are capable of observing through a narrow wavelength band, the agency said.

 

[Hindustani78]

SHAR crosses 50 milestone in commercial satellite launches - The Hindu

With the successful launch of PSLV C-30 from the Sriharikota spaceport on Monday morning, the Sriharikota Range (SHAR) has crossed the milestone of launching 50 commercial satellites into space in the past two decades. The count now stands at 51.

Today's rocket carried seven satellites into the space. They included India’s ASTROSAT, four American satellites and one each from Canada and Indonesia.

The PSLV vehicles over the years have launched commercial satellites belonging to countries like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Korea, Belgium, Italy, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, Luxembourg, Denmark and the United States.

Hailing the success of the mission, SHAR Director P. Kunhikrishnan said the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’s (PSLV’s) extended version has established itself as a proven launch vehicle once again in the international commercial space market.

With the success of 30 consecutive launches, more foreign countries are expected to come forward to make use of the PSLV facility.

The PSLV C-30 was the tenth flight of the vehicle in its extended “XL” configuration. The first was PSLV C-11 which carried the famous Chandrayaan-1 mission.

The scope for participation of Indian industries and research institutes in space launches is also being increased in the successive launches of the rockets from the SHAR. As of today, nearly 150 industries are involved at various stages of a PSLV mission.

Today’s launch was made from the first launch pad of the SHAR. A second launch pad has been developed for increasing the frequency of launches.

 

[Nan Yang]

India seems to be launching a lot of rockets this year. Usually India launches only 2 or 3 a year. Is it sustainable ?

 

[indiatester]

India seems to be launching a lot of rockets this year. Usually India launches only 2 or 3 a year. Is it sustainable ?

They are targeting 1 launch per month. So yes, it is sustainable.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

India seems to be launching a lot of rockets this year. Usually India launches only 2 or 3 a year. Is it sustainable ?

More launch pads and assembly lines are being made. So they seem to think it's launches are too few now.

 

[SRP]

 

[SRP]

https://twitter.com/x/status/648858299006255104

What the HELL ?

 

[TejasMk3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/648858299006255104

What the HELL ?

Hmm...what international tribunal is this? The decision might not be binding, I know of a case where one party decided to go to some International court in London, and get an order for PR purposes, but the final order was not binding on the parties, the decision though, was publicized on papers.

 

[SRP]

Hmm...what international tribunal is this? the decision might not be binding, I know of a case where one party decided to go to some International court in London, and get an order for PR, but the final order was not binding on the parties.

Yes, you are right.

The ruling will now have to be enforced by a court in India. For this purpose, a case has been registered in the Delhi high court and is expected to be listed for hearing on Wednesday.

Isro told to pay Devas $672 million in damages - Livemint

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

New Payload Fairing for LVM3 and ULV -

current payload fairing

new payload fairing under study ​

 

[kurup]

New Payload Fairing for LVM3 and ULV -

current payload fairing

new payload fairing under study ​

Not just payload fairing , even the nose cone of the soild boosters also look redesigned to something similar to Ariane 5 ...... both modification must have something to do with drag reduction IMO .

 

[Odysseus]

Why ISRO’s ASTROSAT launch is a big deal?​

India this week launched its first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory. Why is it a big deal?

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV C 30 carrying India’s Multi Wavelength Space Observatory ASTROSAT, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Monday.

WHY ASTROSAT

Electromagnetic radiation from space is distorted during passage through Earth’s atmosphere, hindering understanding of celestial objects. In 1946, American astrophysicist Lyman Spitzer had the idea of an observatory in space; his vision was realised with NASA’s launch of Hubble Space Telescope in 1990. European, Japanese and Russian space agencies followed with their space telescopes and, on September 28, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) put its own Astrosat in orbit

LONG IN THE MAKING

ISRO carried out a satellite-bound Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment in 1996 and, in 2004, the space observatory was approved for development. Progress was slow as ISRO focussed on projects like heavy rocket launchers, communication satellites and deep space missions like Moon (2008) and Mars (2014). Decisions on instruments and studies of the observatory took long.

FIVE-POINT FOCUS

Astrosat is intended to
* Understand high-energy processes in binary star systems containing neutron stars and black holes
* Estimate magnetic fields of neutron stars
* Study star birth regions and high-energy processes in star systems beyond our galaxy
* Detect new, briefly bright X-ray sources
* Perform a limited deep field survey of the universe in the ultraviolet region

Data collected by the five payloads will be transmitted to the Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) at Byalalu near Bengaluru; will be accessible to researchers at top astronomy institutions and universities

PARTNERS
Besides ISRO, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai; Indian Institute of Astrophysics and Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru; Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; and S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, were involved.

Why ISRO’s ASTROSAT launch is a big deal for India | The Indian Express