yet to exploit natural resources available in our country.....mining the moon is too long term a vision could be for country like India!
Modi's space diplomacy puts India into new orbit
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Pakistan is using Chinese satellites and today Global times have termed Pakistan as Iron Friend of China. Chinese BeiDou BDS to transfer satellite tech. to Iran
The Chandrayaan-1 mission performed high-resolution remote sensing of the moon in visible, near infrared (NIR), low energy X-rays and high-energy X-ray regions. One of the objectives was to prepare a three-dimensional atlas (with high spatial and altitude resolution) of both near and far side of the moon. It aimed at conducting chemical and mineralogical mapping of the entire lunar surface for distribution of mineral and chemical elements such as Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Calcium, Iron and Titanium as well as high atomic number elements such as Radon, Uranium & Thorium with high spatial resolution.
Already Mineral Minning have been done by ISRO scientists and Moon mining would means constructing bases on moon and utilize those minerals there only.
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India set to launch satellite for South Asian countries, Pakistan says no thanks
By Medhavi Arora, CNN
Updated 0147 GMT (0947 HKT) May 5, 2017
An Indian rocket carrying the South Asia Satellite prepares for launch.
Story highlights
The South Asia satellite, funded entirely by India, was announced several years ago with the intention of serving all eight members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
According to Uday Bhaskar, director of Delhi-based think tank the Society for Policy Studies, the satellite represents a "new form of regional cooperation," and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called it a "gift to the SAARC region."
The more than $36 million project does not, however, involve Pakistan, which pulled out of the project.
READ: Asia's space race heats up
Tense relationship
The satellite project comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries. This week, India accused Pakistan of mutilating the bodies of two of its soldiers in the disputed territory of Kashmir, which was also the site of deadly clashes between militants from Pakistan and Indian Army forces last year.
While some have suggested Pakistan may have pulled out due to espionage concerns, Ajay Lele, a senior analyst at the Delhi-based Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis said "in modern times, you do not develop a satellite to spy on a country."
But N. Sathiya Moorthy, a regional director at the Observer Research Foundation, said India should "do everything to ensure that policy makers (in Pakistan) remain convinced that it is nothing more than what India says it is."
Lele said Pakistan's backing out is a missed opportunity for Islamabad. "Problems on earth shouldn't affect relationships in outer space," he said.
Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nafees Zakaria said the country was initially "keen to participate in the project."
"However, as India was not willing to develop the project on a collaborative basis, it was not possible for Pakistan to support it as a regional project under the umbrella of SAARC," he added.
He dismissed speculation over espionage concerns as "unfounded."
The satellite will provide communications and disaster management services across South Asia.
Space diplomacy
The satellite's launch is seen by many as a move by India to cement its big brother role in the region and improve relations with its neighbors, Pakistan aside.
"India has done satellite launches for countries commercially but never utilised them as a foreign policy tool. Space is no more just a science and technology domain -- it is being seen from a strategic and foreign policy perspective," said Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation.
Experts say the move is also designed to counter China's growing influence in South Asia. In 2011, Beijing launched a communications satellite for long-time ally Pakistan, followed by the launch of another for Sri Lanka in 2012.
"Space is emerging as a domain where you can see increasing competition between India and China. For China, reaching out to South Asia is a way of keeping India under check," said Rajagopalan.
India's space program is increasing in sophistication.
Disaster control
The South Asia satellite weighs 2,230 kilograms and is carrying 12 top-of-the-line communication transponders, making it India's most significant space project since February's record-breaking launch of 104 mini satellites with a single rocket.
Since the 2013 launch of India's Mars orbiter, the country's space agency has established itself as a reliable, low-cost global player.
Friday's launch will enable the new satellite to provide telecommunications, disaster management and weather forecasting services, among others.
A satellite focusing on disaster communications could be particularly beneficial to South Asia, home to about a quarter of the world's population and prone to tropical cyclones, heat waves, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and floods.
"Bangladesh has serious climatic variations, while Maldives is seeing the impact of climate change. Both countries have a lot to receive in terms of disaster warnings," said Rajagopalan.
"This can go a long way in improving regional human security indicators, particularly in the more impoverished cross-sections of the regional population across South Asia."
CNN's Sophia Saifi contributed reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/04/asia/india-pakistan-satellite/
By Medhavi Arora, CNN
Updated 0147 GMT (0947 HKT) May 5, 2017
An Indian rocket carrying the South Asia Satellite prepares for launch.
Story highlights
- India's satellite will provide communication and disaster management services to most of South Asia
- Pakistan pulled out of the project amid heightened tensions between the two neighbors
The South Asia satellite, funded entirely by India, was announced several years ago with the intention of serving all eight members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
According to Uday Bhaskar, director of Delhi-based think tank the Society for Policy Studies, the satellite represents a "new form of regional cooperation," and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called it a "gift to the SAARC region."
The more than $36 million project does not, however, involve Pakistan, which pulled out of the project.
READ: Asia's space race heats up
Tense relationship
The satellite project comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries. This week, India accused Pakistan of mutilating the bodies of two of its soldiers in the disputed territory of Kashmir, which was also the site of deadly clashes between militants from Pakistan and Indian Army forces last year.
While some have suggested Pakistan may have pulled out due to espionage concerns, Ajay Lele, a senior analyst at the Delhi-based Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis said "in modern times, you do not develop a satellite to spy on a country."
But N. Sathiya Moorthy, a regional director at the Observer Research Foundation, said India should "do everything to ensure that policy makers (in Pakistan) remain convinced that it is nothing more than what India says it is."
Lele said Pakistan's backing out is a missed opportunity for Islamabad. "Problems on earth shouldn't affect relationships in outer space," he said.
Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nafees Zakaria said the country was initially "keen to participate in the project."
"However, as India was not willing to develop the project on a collaborative basis, it was not possible for Pakistan to support it as a regional project under the umbrella of SAARC," he added.
He dismissed speculation over espionage concerns as "unfounded."
The satellite will provide communications and disaster management services across South Asia.
Space diplomacy
The satellite's launch is seen by many as a move by India to cement its big brother role in the region and improve relations with its neighbors, Pakistan aside.
"India has done satellite launches for countries commercially but never utilised them as a foreign policy tool. Space is no more just a science and technology domain -- it is being seen from a strategic and foreign policy perspective," said Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation.
Experts say the move is also designed to counter China's growing influence in South Asia. In 2011, Beijing launched a communications satellite for long-time ally Pakistan, followed by the launch of another for Sri Lanka in 2012.
"Space is emerging as a domain where you can see increasing competition between India and China. For China, reaching out to South Asia is a way of keeping India under check," said Rajagopalan.
India's space program is increasing in sophistication.
Disaster control
The South Asia satellite weighs 2,230 kilograms and is carrying 12 top-of-the-line communication transponders, making it India's most significant space project since February's record-breaking launch of 104 mini satellites with a single rocket.
Since the 2013 launch of India's Mars orbiter, the country's space agency has established itself as a reliable, low-cost global player.
Friday's launch will enable the new satellite to provide telecommunications, disaster management and weather forecasting services, among others.
A satellite focusing on disaster communications could be particularly beneficial to South Asia, home to about a quarter of the world's population and prone to tropical cyclones, heat waves, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and floods.
"Bangladesh has serious climatic variations, while Maldives is seeing the impact of climate change. Both countries have a lot to receive in terms of disaster warnings," said Rajagopalan.
"This can go a long way in improving regional human security indicators, particularly in the more impoverished cross-sections of the regional population across South Asia."
CNN's Sophia Saifi contributed reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/04/asia/india-pakistan-satellite/
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Communication satellite are no sensitive technology.
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Why wasn't the launch telecasted?
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THAT IS THE SAME QUESTION I HAD I WAS LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR THE NEWS? SOMEONE GOT A LINK TO THE LAUNCH VIDEO?
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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nati...sat-9-satellite-modis-gift-to-south-asia.html
The South Asia satellite was to be called 'SAARC satellite' but its name was changed when Pak refused to join the project.
GSAT-9 launched into orbit. (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday launched the South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into space, at 4:57 pm from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The rocket was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 4.57 pm on Friday.
The 2,230 kg satellite took almost three years to build. It would boost services such as telecommunication, direct-to-home and other supporting systems in South Asian countries.
Initially, it was to be named “SAARC Satellite” but its name was changed to South Asia Satellite after Pakistan refused to join the project. The countries that are already on board are Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh and SL. Afgha-nistan is in the process of signing the agreement.
It will provide a significant capability to each participating country in terms of DTH (direct-to-home), certain VSAT (very small aperture terminal) capacity plus linking among the countries for both disaster information transfer and also in terms of library type of things. It will have mission life of over 12 years and was proposed to be launched in December last year, but was delayed. GSLV-F09 mission is the 11th flight of GSLV and its fourth consecutive flight with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi first spoke of the SAARC satellite while addressing space scientists at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota Range on June 30, 2014, asking “the space community to take up the challenge of developing a SAARC satellite that we can dedicate to our neighbourhood as a gift from India”.
Among India’s neighbours, three nations already possess full-fledged communication satellites with Pakistan and Sri Lanka having been helped by China, while Afghanistan also has a communication satellite, an old India-made satellite acquired from Europe.
Bangladesh is likely to have its first satellite later this year made with help from Thales of France. Nepal has floated a tender for acquisition of two communication satellites. Therefore, the countries likely to benefit most are Bhutan and Maldives.
The South Asia satellite was to be called 'SAARC satellite' but its name was changed when Pak refused to join the project.
GSAT-9 launched into orbit. (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday launched the South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into space, at 4:57 pm from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The rocket was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 4.57 pm on Friday.
The 2,230 kg satellite took almost three years to build. It would boost services such as telecommunication, direct-to-home and other supporting systems in South Asian countries.
Initially, it was to be named “SAARC Satellite” but its name was changed to South Asia Satellite after Pakistan refused to join the project. The countries that are already on board are Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh and SL. Afgha-nistan is in the process of signing the agreement.
It will provide a significant capability to each participating country in terms of DTH (direct-to-home), certain VSAT (very small aperture terminal) capacity plus linking among the countries for both disaster information transfer and also in terms of library type of things. It will have mission life of over 12 years and was proposed to be launched in December last year, but was delayed. GSLV-F09 mission is the 11th flight of GSLV and its fourth consecutive flight with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi first spoke of the SAARC satellite while addressing space scientists at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota Range on June 30, 2014, asking “the space community to take up the challenge of developing a SAARC satellite that we can dedicate to our neighbourhood as a gift from India”.
Among India’s neighbours, three nations already possess full-fledged communication satellites with Pakistan and Sri Lanka having been helped by China, while Afghanistan also has a communication satellite, an old India-made satellite acquired from Europe.
Bangladesh is likely to have its first satellite later this year made with help from Thales of France. Nepal has floated a tender for acquisition of two communication satellites. Therefore, the countries likely to benefit most are Bhutan and Maldives.
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Media blackout occurred for some reason. Maybe some sabotage attempt?
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Isro launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 from Andhra Pradesh's Srikharikota.
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Standing 49 metres tall and weighing around 450 ton, the GSLV is a three stage rocket
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The South Asian Satellite launched
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Wait for final crucial separation, scientists concerned
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Isro launches South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 from Andhra Pradesh's Srikharikota.
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Standing 49 metres tall and weighing around 450 ton, the GSLV is a three stage rocket
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The South Asian Satellite launched
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Awesome news guys got the confirmation from news sources now... Congratulations everyone!
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