ISRO General News and Updates

[Indx TechStyle]

Yeah this is the problem, i am not taking about corona. But world space agencies are working

"World Space agencies" (Out of 6 actual space programmes) except strictly NASA and to some extent CNSA both of which keep lot of rocket modules in spare, have highest aerospace productions, and launch very small launchers many times, all other space programs have their furnaces cool for a while.

 

[Karthi]

Gaganyaan manned mission not before 2023: Minister


The Gaganyaan manned mission, hit by the pandemic-triggered restrictions, has been further delayed and India’s maiden human spaceflight launch is not likely before 2023. “First unmanned mission is planned in December 2021.

Second unmanned flight is planned in 2022-23, followed by human spaceflight demonstration,” Union minister of state for space Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply recently. Isro chairman K Sivan told TOI that a “human-rated GSLV MkIII rocket with a modified top portion involving provision for a crew module and a crew escape system is being readied for the first unmanned mission in December and a humanoid to be sent on it will be ready by October”.

The minister also informed Lok Sabha that additional Rs 900 crore was allocated to Isro for financial year 2020-21 for developing capacity and launching satellites. On foreign satellites launched by India, Singh stated that the total number of satellites launched till date is 328 from 33 countries and the revenue earned is “25 million dollars and 189 million euros”.
On Covid restrictions stalling the programme, the minister said in the replythat the astronaut training in Russia was halted over a month “for a period from 28th March, 2020 to 11th May, 2020” and the training “henceforth resumed since 12th May, 2020”.

“Isro is striving towards achieving Atmanirbharta in the field of capacity development in launching satellites; therefore, no policy is envisaged for seeking foreign cooperation in this direction,” a Department of Space statement said.

The Gaganyaan mission will not be India’s solitary space mission as Isro, for a sustained human presence in space, is coming out with a policy framework and a long-term roadmap. The agency has sought suggestions on its “Draft Humans in Space Policy for India, 2021” by February 28. Sivan said suggestions on the draft will be reviewed by March and a concrete shape to the policy will be given thereafter. “Thereafter, we will work on human space exploration, launch vehicle, national space policies and finally the Space Act,” he said.

About another big project, the Isro chairman told TOI that the agency is planning to switch over to the electric propulsion (EP) system in satellites and will soon have all geo satellites loaded with this technology for space manoeuvring.

“We will launch a technology demonstrator satellite somewhere in October-December to test three technologies — our own EP system, indigenous atomic clock and travelling wave tube amplifier, a key component for communication satellites. Currently, nearly 50% mass of a satellite comprises chemical fuel. Once the EP is used, it will occupy less space and bigger satellites can be launched,” Sivan said, adding “we are also planning for dual EP and a mini chemical propulsion system for a better thrust with less mass”.

On missions scheduled this year, Sivan said, “Besides the unmanned Gaganyaan mission, we are targeting to launch the first demonstration test-flight of a Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (mini-PSLV), two advanced geo satellites, one remote sensing satellite and an upgraded Oceansat this year.”

 

[DerBronzeLord]

Check out the Valles Marineris Co. from Bengaluru. They are making the simulators for the Gaganyaan mission, and they have also made simulators for Soyuz missions, and Soyuz upgrades. Top co. on planet for simulators. We need complete independence in Space sector. The Space bills passed in Sept. 2020 were monumental.

 

[mandestiny]

Check out the Valles Marineris Co. from Bengaluru. They are making the simulators for the Gaganyaan mission, and they have also made simulators for Soyuz missions, and Soyuz upgrades. Top co. on planet for simulators. We need complete independence in Space sector. The Space bills passed in Sept. 2020 were monumental.

Wow , so India already has a connection with ISS. World should know about this ! India never does PR of its achievements.

Recently , if u look at UAE mars mission site. Not a very good one from technical stand point but yeah site looks very pleasant.

I try to find out Gaganyaan connection on Valles site, i not able to found. Please share if anybody have ?

 

[Karthi]

Space PSU NSIL to launch satellite for TataSky

India’s first and only Space Public Sector Unit (SPSU), New Space India Limited (NSIL), has finally taken wings and will be launching a communication satellite dedicated to augment direct-to-home (DTH) services in the second half of this year using a foreign launch service.
To do this, NSIL, which was established under the Department of Space (DoS) as part of India’s reforms to liberalise the space sector, has got Rs 700 crore equity from the government.

K Sivan, secretary, DoS, told TOI: “This money will eventually be paid back. As part of the reforms, the role of NSIL now is to also own and sell assets and the first satellite it will acquire is GSAT-24 which will be launched to cater to TataSky’s DTH business. So far, Isro owned all the satellites and its services were sold through Isro’s own entity (Antrix). This (NSIL) will usher in a new era in India’s commercial space activity.”

GSAT-24 will be a 4.1 tonne communication satellite that will put into space 24 Ku-band transponders to be used for DTH services. “The satellite’s cost is Rs 400 crore and NSIL will be launching it through Arianespace. The launch is expected to happen sometime in September,” Sivan said.

The PSU is also negotiating to acquire GSAT-20, a high-throughput satellite, which will also be launched commercially. “Aside from GSAT-20, DishTV has held preliminary talks with NSIL for another satellite,” Sivan added.
“When NSIL was formed, the mandate was different. Now, with

Atmanirbhar Bharat and the space reforms, it has completely changed. We are now expected to carry out a lot of capital intensive projects to enable a demand-driven ecosystem. There are a lot of developments, we are in the process of finalising the deal for two satellites with DoS,” G Narayanan, CMD, NSIL, said.

Buying From Startups
Further, Sivan said that while the first few satellites are being acquired from Isro, NSIL, in the future will also be buying from the private sector, including startups.

Narayanan said: “We are not restricting our sources to fulfil our requirements to any government organisation. We will be open and whoever has the strength and capability, we will be sourcing it from them on a commercial basis.”

While NSIL’s first commercial project will be the PSLV launch scheduled for later this month, the PSU’s role there was limited to connecting the foreign customer — Amazonia-1 from Brazil — with Isro.

“In the PSLV launch, Isro is providing the service and the Brazilians came through an NSIL contract. But GSAT-24 and 20 that we are talking about will be completely NSIL’s. Isro will only be a vendor, and the satellite will be owned by NSIL, this is a new era,” Sivan said.

 

[no smoking]

"World Space agencies" (Out of 6 actual space programmes) except strictly NASA and to some extent CNSA both of which keep lot of rocket modules in spare, have highest aerospace productions, and launch very small launchers many times, all other space programs have their furnaces cool for a while.

Not really. Here is the history figures from 2017 to 2020 of orbital launches of 6 major agencis:

There were only 3 reduced their launches in 2020: Europe, Russia and India:
Europe has been steadily decrease their launches number from 2017. Comparing to 2019, they only reduced 1 (6 vs 5), so hardly impacted by Covid-19;
Russia was the one reduced most (-8), but in the launch schedule, they only missed Jan, Jun and Nov, the impact was more likely caused by the funding issues instead of Covid-19;
India was another one sharply decreased (6 -> 2). And they missed the whole period from Jan to Oct. The only two was in Nov and Dec. So, yes, India is the one being hit most.

 

[Varun2002]

Some concrete news about the SSLV-D1. Syndicated article.

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[Akula]

Tareek pe

Some concrete news about the SSLV-D1. Syndicated article.

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[Varun2002]

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Yes, really. They should give some explanation for the extended delay. No one is asking for classified or sensitive information. Just a general technical and/or financial reason. Covid would be one, of course.

 

[FalconSlayers]

Yes, really. They should give some explanation for the extended delay. No one is asking for classified or sensitive information. Just a general technical and/or financial reason. Covid would be one, of course.

But this SSLV would be axing your own feet considering 3 Private companies working on this domain of SSLVs, hence I feell it should be limited to government use as we need private sector involvement more...

 

[Lonewolf]

But this SSLV would be axing your own feet considering 3 Private companies working on this domain of SSLVs, hence I feell it should be limited to government use as we need private sector involvement more...

Nah market for satellite is huge to accommodate all , jio and airtel both have plans to launch star link like constellation , lot of cartography satellite will be launched , many developing countries will try to establish their own space program , will require satellite , middle east will require launch vehicle , indian industry require a lot , it is a smart move rather

 

[FalconSlayers]

Nah market for satellite is huge to accommodate all , jio and airtel both have plans to launch star link like constellation , lot of cartography satellite will be launched , many developing countries will try to establish their own space program , will require satellite , middle east will require launch vehicle , indian industry require a lot , it is a smart move rather

Yes, so we’ll be having a lot of customers for it...

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Yes, so we’ll be having a lot of customers for it...

This is about creating an ecosystem. An ecosystem which makes aerospace normal like the one in US or EU.

Space industry of India - Wikipedia

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[SKC]

This is about creating an ecosystem. An ecosystem which makes aerospace normal like the one in US or EU.

Space industry of India - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

We need to speed up a lot with SSLV otherwise SpaceX has dropped price per kg to much lower now, even ISRO will not be able to match it in future.
Rocket Labs is offering very cheap prices and 2-3 more small scale launcher companies has entered the market already and we here are just sleeping over it. Too much focus on Launching man to space, it better get done quickly other wise the project is consuming too much resources.
By the time we are able to launch Vyomnaughts other companies will have captured the market.

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Agnikool, skyroot rockets should come very fast. They have a great potential. Their small rockets uses semi cryogenic engines which can lift reasonably good amount of payload in space at a very cheap rate.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

We need to speed up a lot with SSLV otherwise SpaceX has dropped price per kg to much lower now, even ISRO will not be able to match it in future.
Rocket Labs is offering very cheap prices and 2-3 more small scale launcher companies has entered the market already and we here are just sleeping over it. Too much focus on Launching man to space, it better get done quickly other wise the project is consuming too much resources.
By the time we are able to launch Vyomnaughts other companies will have captured the market.

At first place, India's initial companies will always have an insurance and headed start because these foreign players can't compete with them in Indian market.

Second, manned space program and SSLV development aren't coming at cost of each other. ISRO is just a name for a cluster of agencies with different responsibilities, HSFC for HSF and VSSC-LPSC for rocket development, NSIL to bring orders. Corona has temporarily stalled Indian space program itself at whole.

 

[indiatester]

PSLV C51 launch today at 10.54 I think.

https://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c51-amazonia-1

PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1

PSLV-C51 is scheduled to launch Amazonia-1 and 18 Co-passenger satellites on February 28, 2021 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR
PSLV-C51, which is the 53rd mission of PSLV, will launch Amazonia-1 of Brazil as primary satellite and 18 Co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch is tentatively scheduled at 1024 Hrs IST on February 28, 2021 subject to weather conditions.
PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space. NSIL is undertaking this mission under a commercial arrangement with Spaceflight Inc. USA.
Amazonia-1 is the optical earth observation satellite of National Institute for Space Research (INPE). This satellite would further strengthen the existing structure by providing remote sensing data to users for monitoring deforestation in the Amazon region and analysis of diversified agriculture across the Brazilian territory.
The 18 co-passenger satellites include four from IN-SPACe (three UNITYsats from consortium of three Indian academic institutes and One Satish Dhawan Sat from Space Kidz India) and 14 from NSIL.

https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c51-amazonia-1/pslv-c51-amazonia-1-brochure

 

[AMCA]

 

[FalconSlayers]

So we have gained the trust of Brazilians hence we have successfully snatched Brazilian market from Chinks.

 

[indiatester]

Good that Brazil has found India for both space and pharma industry.
The way Sivan highlighted their engineering was also nice. It was not just self praise. The fact that their minister for science and technology was witnessing and was invited to speak shows that Brazil has put in its capital to strengthening its relationship with India.