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ISRO to develop GSLV Mk-III
Kumar maintained that the Indian space programme was steadily progressing with integration of advanced technologies developed indigenously.

Revealing that the first experimental flight of GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted in December 2014, Kumar said it validated the complex atmospheric regime of the flight and demonstrated the integrity of its design.

Belagavi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is embarking on the development of its Next Generation heavy lift launch vehicle, GSLV Mk-III, which will establish the country’s indigenous capability in launching 4-tonne class communication satellites, its chairman, A S Kiran Kumar said on Friday.

Revealing that the first experimental flight of GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted in December 2014, he said it validated the complex atmospheric regime of the flight and demonstrated the integrity of its design.

Mr Kumar, who was delivering the 15th convocation address of the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Belagavi, maintained that the Indian space programme was steadily progressing with integration of advanced technologies developed indigenously.

“Space transportation systems like PSLV and GSLV and satellites for comunication are providing much needed services essential for the nation,” he pointed out, noting that the country had been able to establish a well-knit space infrastructure network to support a multitude of applications addressing the social, economic and cultural aspects of Indian society at large. "Space technology is being increasingly utilised for energising a social process to enhance the quality of human resources and empower the local community,'' he added.

Recalling that ISRO had achieved another milestone by successfully putting all seven Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) satellites in geostationary and geosynchoronous orbits, he explained they were useful in terrestrial, aerial and marine navigation, disaster management, integration with mobile phones, precise timing, mapping and geodetic data capture, terrestrial navigation aid for hikers and travellers and visual/voice navigation for drivers. On the status of higher education in the country, he said it was seeing rapid growth in terms of student enrolment as well as establishment of new universities, and institutes of national importance.

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Location: India, Karnataka, Belgaum

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ISRO to develop GSLV Mk-III
Kumar maintained that the Indian space programme was steadily progressing with integration of advanced technologies developed indigenously.

Revealing that the first experimental flight of GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted in December 2014, Kumar said it validated the complex atmospheric regime of the flight and demonstrated the integrity of its design.





Tags: Indian space research organisation, GSLV Mk-III
Location: India, Karnataka, Belgaum

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We are awaiting for December 2016 to see the successful flight of this vehicle.

 

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We are awaiting for December 2016 to see the successful flight of this vehicle.

Improved version can carry nearly 6 tonnes to GTO and 13 tonnes to LEO.

 

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Improved version can carry nearly 6 tonnes to GTO and 13 tonnes to LEO.

Yes it will be with Semi cryogenic I think.

 

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ISRO to launch record 22 satellites in single mission in June

 

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‘Be flexible to adopt scientific and technological innovation’

A.S. Kiran Kumar, ISRO Chairman, arriving to participate in the 15th annual convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University in Belagavi on Friday. PHOTO: P.K. BADIGER | THE HINDU

A.S. Kiran Kumar, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has stressed the need to be flexible to adopt scientific and technological innovation to remain competitive in the fast-changing world of technological advancement.

Addressing a gathering of academicians, educationists, entrepreneurs, administrative and business leaders and students at the 15th annual convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) here on Friday, he quoted the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, “Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us, in this world fear has no place, only strength respects strength.”

Portraying how innovation in science and technology was playing a catalytic role in steering the country’s economic growth and social development, Mr. Kumar said that globalisation had unleashed en era of competition among countries to grab the emerging opportunities and advantages. It meant that countries need to produce cost-effective products and services with the help of scientific and technological breakthrough. Mr. Kumar said that the Indian space programme was essentially demand-driven and was oriented towards the development of the nation. The ISRO had designed and developed indigenous systems and applications for the benefit of society.

India's rating in end-to-end capability

“Today, India has been rated as one of the top six countries having the end-to-end capability in space technology. More than that, India has shown to the world how the advances in space technology and applications can be tailored to take care of the common problems facing the country. The ISRO is carrying out operational disaster management support programme addressing natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, landslides, earthquakes, agricultural drought, forest fires, etc. with the help of space-based images.”

He said that a constellation of 13 Indian Remote Sensing satellites were in the orbit, covering the whole globe and providing data to cater to applications in agriculture, water resources, bio-resources, urban planning, environment monitoring, study of earth sciences and ocean and atmosphere, navigation, etc.

Mr. Kumar advised students to work hard and relentlessly strive for knowledge and acumen to excel in their chosen spheres of life.

Governor and Chancellor of VTU Vajubhai Vala conferred degrees on students and presented gold medals to rank holders.

Acting Vice-Chancellor V. Sridhar and Registrar (Evaluation) H.G. Shekharappa were present.

 

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Skilled workforce will help India become global leader, says ISRO chief

Belagavi: Innovative scientific and technological breakthroughs are a must for any country to survive in the competitive world, said Isro chairman AS Kiran Kumar.

He was delivering a keynote address at the 15th annual convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) here on Friday. "In the age of globalization, there is stiff competition among countries to grab emerging opportunities to gain economic advantage. There is also a great demand for cost-effective products and services," he said.

Kiran Kumar said that since Independence, India has achieved tremendous progress in many fields and is making rapid advances in medicine, information technology, biotechnology, nuclear and space technology due to its highly skilled young workforce. "Today, space-based information and services have become potential enablers to various activities directed towards resources conservation and developmental initiatives. India's space programme is steadily progressing with the integration of advance technologies developed indigenously," he said.

Governor and chancellor of the university, Vajubhai Vala, who presided over the convocation programme, presented gold medals to toppers in different streams besides giving away degrees to graduates.

Acting vice-chancellor V Shridhar, registrar HN Jagannatha Reddy, registrar (evaluation) HG Shekharappa, syndicate members and members of executive council were present.

Golden girls

Nivedita M, Gayatri Manjeshwar Prahu and Deepti Devaraj hogged the limelight as they walked away with more number of gold medals for being toppers in their respective streams.

Nivedita, the daughter of a driver attached to the PU department, bagged seven gold medals for securing highest marks in civil engineering. Gayatri who completed BE in electrical and electronics from GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mysuru, got nine gold medals, the highest by any topper. She also has the distinction of securing highest marks among rank holders of all branches.

Deepti Devaraj of BNM Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, got six medals for securing the first rank in computer science.

 

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Story of the week - ISRO
Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee dedicated to Nation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicated the first Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) installed at Cherrapunjee, to Nation on May 27, 2016 remotely from Polo ground in Shillong, Meghalaya. The DWR has been designed and developed by Radar Development Area, ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), ISRO and manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru. The DWR was realised with active support from Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati of India Meteorological Department (IMD), and North Eastern Space Applications Centre(NESAC), Department of Space, Umiam, Shillong.

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicating the Polarimetric DWR, Cherrapunjee to Nation in the August presence of Shri Jitendra Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DONER, Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions, PMO, DAE, DOS. Dr Y V N Krishna Murthy, Scientific Secretary, ISRO is also seen

Hon'ble Prime Minister while dedicating the DWR to nation told that "We all know Cherrapunjee, for being the place that receives the highest rainfall in the World. Today, another feather has been added to its cap. The Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee has been dedicated to the Nation. I congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation; Bharat Electronics Ltd.; and the Indian Meteorological Department for setting up this Radar in Cherrapunjee.

The North East, a land of beauty and adventure, has been hit by several natural calamities in the recent past, on account of heavy rain and landslides. This Weather Radar System will enable better weather forecasts, especially for the North Eastern region. This should help in minimising the threat posed by extreme weather conditions."

The Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) provides advance information, enhancing the lead-time so essential for saving lives and property, in the event of natural disaster associated with severe weather. Though the conventional radars are able to track and predict cyclones, the DWR provides detailed information on storm’s internal wind flow and structure. The severity of the weather systems can thus be quantitatively estimated more accurately than ever before and more precise advance warnings can be generated for saving human lives and property. The polarimetric capability of the Radar will significantly improve the accuracy of rainfall estimation leading to accurate and timely flash flood warnings.

The DWR, being the first S-band (operating at 2.7 - 2.9 GHz) dual polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar can detect Weather phenomenon upto 500 km. This system installed at a place that receives the highest rainfall in Planet Earth, shall open up tremendous research opportunities in the areas of monsoon dynamics, Cloud Physics, impact of orography in precipitation process, precipitation characterisation, thunderstorm and hailstorm genesis and evolution, etc. The data from the DWR is also expected to support a host of operational programmers of IMD and NESAC/ISRO. The near real time precipitation estimates from the DWR shall improve the Flood Early Warning System (FLEWS), being developed by NESAC for NE states. It will also enable IMD and NESAC to take up operational activities on thunderstorm now-casting and hail now-casting for NE states.

Dedication of the DWR to Nation

The DWR System at Cherrapunjee

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Reflectivity

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Velocity

A typical DWR Product - Differential Reflectivity

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Story of the Week - Archive
May 30, 2016 : Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee dedicated to Nation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
May 24, 2016 : Temporal repetitive mapping of waterbodies across India
May 16, 2016 : Tele-health services made operational in Kumbh Mela at Ujjain
May 09, 2016 : Nozzle Testing Laboratories established at VSSC
May 02, 2016 : MENCA observed the evening exosphere of Mars
Apr 25, 2016 : MOSDAC completes a decade of Meteorological and Oceanographic satellite data services to the Nation
Apr 18, 2016 : Indigenous development of Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) for Space borne payloads

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ISRO To Launch A Record 22 Satellites On One Rocket This Month

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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch a record 22 satellites on one rocket in June. It will be the biggest launch for the prestigious space organization, till date.

The space agency plans to use the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C34 for the job. The launch is planned for June end.

Among the 22 satellites planned for launch, three will indigenous and the rest commercial satellites. An Earth Observation satellite weighing 710kg will be the primary payload, along with two nano-satellites developed by Indian students.

The other 19 satellites are all foreign commercial satellites. Three from Germany weighing 155kg, two from Canada weighing 115kg, one from Indonesia weighing 120kg and 13 from USA weighing 195kg.

ISRO embarked on a similar endeavor in 2008 by launching 10 satellites on a single rocket. If launched successfully, ISRO will be breaking its own record.

The world record for most number of satellites launched in one go, however, rests with Russia who launched 32 satellites aboard its DNEPR launch vehicle in 2013.

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Improved version can carry nearly 6 tonnes to GTO and 13 tonnes to LEO.

But the article says 4 tonne class.

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ISRO To Launch A Record 22 Satellites On One Rocket This Month

ISRO
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Tags: Satellite PSLV Nano-satellites ISRO India

Can't wait for this one. Fingers crossed.

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But the article says 4 tonne class.

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I'm talking improved version.
Current one has 4-8. Next one will be 6-13.

 

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Make in India Conference on ESSRI 2016

ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) is primarily responsible for realizing satellites to meet the national requirements. Over the years, the requirements of satellite based services have increased. Additionally global demand for satellite systems is also growing. This opens up opportunities for industries to join hands with ISAC aiming towards capacity building. It is strongly felt that industries need to be enabled to produce hi-rel satellite systems on end-to-end basis. In this context, a conference is being organized with the theme: "Make in India - Conference on Enabling Spacecraft Systems Realization through Industries 2016" on June 23, 2016 at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.

The objective of the conference is to synchronize the capabilities of industries with the requirements of ISRO. The expertise and high throughput of Indian Industries can be harnessed and channelized to meet these targets by sharing the best practices, skills and lessons learnt in ISRO centres. The areas of interest include technology development, fabrication and testing, integration, productionization and quality assurance related to spacecraft systems.

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Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee dedicated to Nation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicated the first Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) installed at Cherrapunjee, to Nation on May 27, 2016 remotely from Polo ground in Shillong, Meghalaya. The DWR has been designed and developed by Radar Development Area, ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), ISRO and manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru. The DWR was realised with active support from Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati of India Meteorological Department (IMD), and North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Department of Space, Umiam, Shillong.

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicating the Polarimetric DWR, Cherrapunjee to Nation in the August presence of Shri Jitendra Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DONER, Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions, PMO, DAE, DOS. Dr Y V N Krishna Murthy, Scientific Secretary, ISRO is also seen

Hon'ble Prime Minister while dedicating the DWR to nation told that "We all know Cherrapunjee, for being the place that receives the highest rainfall in the World. Today, another feather has been added to its cap. The Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee has been dedicated to the Nation. I congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation; Bharat Electronics Ltd.; and the Indian Meteorological Department for setting up this Radar in Cherrapunjee.

The North East, a land of beauty and adventure, has been hit by several natural calamities in the recent past, on account of heavy rain and landslides. This Weather Radar System will enable better weather forecasts, especially for the North Eastern region. This should help in minimising the threat posed by extreme weather conditions."

The Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) provides advance information, enhancing the lead-time so essential for saving lives and property, in the event of natural disaster associated with severe weather. Though the conventional radars are able to track and predict cyclones, the DWR provides detailed information on storm’s internal wind flow and structure. The severity of the weather systems can thus be quantitatively estimated more accurately than ever before and more precise advance warnings can be generated for saving human lives and property. The polarimetric capability of the Radar will significantly improve the accuracy of rainfall estimation leading to accurate and timely flash flood warnings.

The DWR, being the first S-band (operating at 2.7 - 2.9 GHz) dual polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar can detect Weather phenomenon upto 500 km. This system installed at a place that receives the highest rainfall in Planet Earth, shall open up tremendous research opportunities in the areas of monsoon dynamics, Cloud Physics, impact of orography in precipitation process, precipitation characterisation, thunderstorm and hailstorm genesis and evolution, etc. The data from the DWR is also expected to support a host of operational programmers of IMD and NESAC/ISRO. The near real time precipitation estimates from the DWR shall improve the Flood Early Warning System (FLEWS), being developed by NESAC for NE states. It will also enable IMD and NESAC to take up operational activities on thunderstorm now-casting and hail now-casting for NE states.

Dedication of the DWR to Nation

The DWR System at Cherrapunjee

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Reflectivity

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Velocity

A typical DWR Product - Differential Reflectivity

www.isro.gov.in/indigenously-developed-polarimetric-doppler-weather-radar-cherrapunjee-dedicated-to-nation-honble

 

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Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee dedicated to Nation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicated the first Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) installed at Cherrapunjee, to Nation on May 27, 2016 remotely from Polo ground in Shillong, Meghalaya. The DWR has been designed and developed by Radar Development Area, ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), ISRO and manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru. The DWR was realised with active support from Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati of India Meteorological Department (IMD), and North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Department of Space, Umiam, Shillong.

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India dedicating the Polarimetric DWR, Cherrapunjee to Nation in the August presence of Shri Jitendra Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DONER, Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions, PMO, DAE, DOS. Dr Y V N Krishna Murthy, Scientific Secretary, ISRO is also seen

Hon'ble Prime Minister while dedicating the DWR to nation told that "We all know Cherrapunjee, for being the place that receives the highest rainfall in the World. Today, another feather has been added to its cap. The Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee has been dedicated to the Nation. I congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation; Bharat Electronics Ltd.; and the Indian Meteorological Department for setting up this Radar in Cherrapunjee.

The North East, a land of beauty and adventure, has been hit by several natural calamities in the recent past, on account of heavy rain and landslides. This Weather Radar System will enable better weather forecasts, especially for the North Eastern region. This should help in minimising the threat posed by extreme weather conditions."

The Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) provides advance information, enhancing the lead-time so essential for saving lives and property, in the event of natural disaster associated with severe weather. Though the conventional radars are able to track and predict cyclones, the DWR provides detailed information on storm’s internal wind flow and structure. The severity of the weather systems can thus be quantitatively estimated more accurately than ever before and more precise advance warnings can be generated for saving human lives and property. The polarimetric capability of the Radar will significantly improve the accuracy of rainfall estimation leading to accurate and timely flash flood warnings.

The DWR, being the first S-band (operating at 2.7 - 2.9 GHz) dual polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar can detect Weather phenomenon upto 500 km. This system installed at a place that receives the highest rainfall in Planet Earth, shall open up tremendous research opportunities in the areas of monsoon dynamics, Cloud Physics, impact of orography in precipitation process, precipitation characterisation, thunderstorm and hailstorm genesis and evolution, etc. The data from the DWR is also expected to support a host of operational programmers of IMD and NESAC/ISRO. The near real time precipitation estimates from the DWR shall improve the Flood Early Warning System (FLEWS), being developed by NESAC for NE states. It will also enable IMD and NESAC to take up operational activities on thunderstorm now-casting and hail now-casting for NE states.

Dedication of the DWR to Nation

The DWR System at Cherrapunjee

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Reflectivity

A typical DWR Product - Maximum Velocity

A typical DWR Product - Differential Reflectivity

www.isro.gov.in/indigenously-developed-polarimetric-doppler-weather-radar-cherrapunjee-dedicated-to-nation-honble

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Space tech on Modi's Mexico plate

New Delhi, June 3: Mexico will seek India's shoestring-budget space technology to launch its own satellites when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the country next week on a trip that could kick-start New Delhi's most sustained engagement with the key Latin American country in recent years.

Modi will spend only a few hours in Mexico City, locked in talks with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto next Wednesday before joining his host in a special dinner for the Indian Prime Minister, and then returning to New Delhi.

But the visit to Mexico, the world's 15th largest economy and the largest source of investment from Latin America in India, comes 30 years after Rajiv Gandhi made the last standalone bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country.

The two countries have come closer - from bilateral trade to reforms of multilateral institutions like the UN - in this period. But the absence of a bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Mexico in this period stands out since Indian Prime Ministers have made such trips to every other G-20 country since Rajiv's 1986 trip to Mexico City.

"We've been courting each other for more than 60 years," Mexico's ambassador to India, Melba Pria, told The Telegraph in an interview at the country's embassy here. "It's time we went a step beyond that, and married our interests."

India's membership bid to the nuclear suppliers group, a key export control group, increasing trade and investment, and diversifying an economic relationship heavily dependent on oil purchases from Mexico will form key themes of Modi's talks with Peña Nieto, officials said.

But India's space programme appears set to provide the unlikely diplomatic fillip that could send the relationship into orbit. In 2014, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully put a spacecraft in the orbit around Mars with a budget less than what was spent on the Hollywood film Gravity.

"We think we can benefit from India's space programme, in launching our own satellites - whether for communication or weather monitoring," Pria said.

For Mexico, Modi's visit to the country next week is quite not the consummation of their relationship.

This will be a brief "working visit," and Mexico is expecting the Indian Prime Minister to pay a full-fledged official visit next year. In between, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has promised to visit Mexico in September for a meeting of the bilateral joint commission that sets the template for the relationship by identifying areas for potential cooperation.

But next week's visit is critical because it comes at a time both countries are trying to drive up their trade and two-way investments. Bilateral trade currently stands at $6.4 billion (Rs 43,000 crore) annually.

"There is a real growth in trade, but there is a sense that there's much more we can do with Mexico," foreign secretary S. Jaishankar said today.

Both countries also want to diversify trade and investment.

India is Mexico's largest buyer of crude in Asia, and oil constitutes two-thirds of the trade relationship at present. But other sectors, including manufacturing in Mexico - the world's largest producer of many electronic goods, including LED televisions - and India's information technology represent opportunities ripe for exploitation, Pria suggested. Within the energy sector too, Mexico is keen to broaden its partnership with India - beyond just oil, to cover clean energy.

"What we are looking at is a strategic energy partnership," Pria said. "A partnership that looks at both traditional energy forms and clean energy, including solar, where there is great interest on both sides."

 

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India plans to launch a satellite every month: Mylswamy
‘Country now fabricating 21 satellites for a range of purposes’

Aiming high:Mylswamy Annadurai, Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, with SSLC and Plus-Two toppers from Thoothukudi district on Sunday.— Special Arrangement

Having mastered the art of fabricating its own space launch vehicles and satellites for a range of purposes, India has planned to launch at least a satellite every month, Mylswamy Annadurai, Director, Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, has said.

Addressing a function organised here on Sunday by Sterlite Copper to honour the SSLC and Plus- Two toppers from the district, Dr. Annadurai said nations across the globe that wanted to stamp their mark in the space were looking up to India in awe after the country successfully executed Chandrayan and Mangalyan in its maiden attempt even as superpowers like the United States and Russia, who had gained vast experience in this field, had encountered failures in the initial stages.

India, which was now fabricating 21 satellites for a range of purposes including communication, remote sensing and navigation, had set a target of launching a satellite every month into its predetermined orbit with its own launch vehicle, Dr. Mylswamy said. On behalf of Sterlite Copper, a unit of Vedanta Limited, he honoured 53 SSLC and Plus-Two toppers from Thoothukudi district under the ‘Sterlite Scholastic Excellence Awards’ programme with cash awards ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 25,000 and certificates.

Anshu Goel, Business Head - Copper and Precious Metal, Sterlite Copper, Prof. Selvaraj, Advisor, Subbiah Vidyalayam Girls Higher Secondary School, Dhanavel, Head (Commercial), Capt. Sonica Muraleedharan, Head (Human Resources), R. Kailasam, Chief Medical Officer, Sterlite Copper and others were present.

‘Nations across the globe were looking up to India in awe after the successful execution of Chandrayan and Mangalyan’

 

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Story of the Week - ISRO
Mosaic of Martian North Pole and Ice Cap from MOM

Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on-board Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) captured many images of North Pole of Mars. Topographically corrected MCC reflectance mosaic is prepared by Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO, Ahmedabad using nine MCC images observed during December 16, 2015 to January 26, 2016.

The period of observation corresponds to the solar longitude (Ls) from 82o to 100o of 33rd Martian year. To keep the track of time on Mars, the position of Mars in its orbit around the Sun is used; it is a kind of longitudinal system that goes from 0 to 360 degrees. Therefore solar longitudes (Ls) is used to keep track of the seasons on Mars; theLs=0o is the start of northern spring and Ls=180o is the start of southern spring.

The individual images are converted to atmosphere reflectance (I/F) and then, Minnaert topographic correction is applied. The image shown is projected into Sample Azimuthal Equal Area, the resulting pieces were mosaicked for full view of the polar cap. The seasonal Martian polar caps wax and wane in response to the condensation and sublimation of carbon dioxide (CO2) resulting from seasonal insolation changes on Mars.

In northern winters (Ls=270-360o), the polar cap grows much larger in area since atmospheric CO2 freezes and deposits a layer of dry ice (frozen CO2) on top of the ice cap and the surrounding terrain. When summer returns (Ls=90-180o), warm temperatures cause the dry ice to sublimate away, and the polar cap shrinks in size.

The period of North Pole observation from MCC belongs to the end of northern spring and early summers, showing seasonal sublimation. The northern ice cap on Mars extends about 1,100 km from pole. Major topographic and surface albedo features are easily seen in this mosaic. The edge of the ice cap is surrounded by "polar layered terrain", a series of layers of ice and dust. The ground throughout the Polar Regions appears to have lots of ice in or under the soil. Winds caused by temperature differences between the ice cap and its surrounding, blow throughout the Polar Regions. They carve interesting grooves into the ice cap, and build up sand dunes in areas around the pole. Light brown areas are a mix of ice and dust and are called "polar layered terrain". Dark brown areas around the ice cap are sand dunes. The huge canyon, Chasma Boreale is seen in the ice cap on the left side of the picture.

MCC Mosaic of the Martian North Polar Region

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Story of the Week - Archive
Jun 06, 2016 : Mosaic of Martian North Pole and Ice Cap from MOM
May 30, 2016 : Indigenously developed Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar at Cherrapunjee dedicated to Nation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
May 24, 2016 : Temporal repetitive mapping of waterbodies across India
May 16, 2016 : Tele-health services made operational in Kumbh Mela at Ujjain
May 09, 2016 : Nozzle Testing Laboratories established at VSSC
May 02, 2016 : MENCA observed the evening exosphere of Mars
Apr 25, 2016 : MOSDAC completes a decade of Meteorological and Oceanographic satellite data services to the Nation

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17th IIRS Outreach Programme on "Geoweb Services and Geoportal applications” conducted during June 28 - July 15, 2016

The lndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has a vibrant Earth Observation (EO) programme with many satellite missions launched during past 40 years. The lndian Remote Sensing Satellite (lRS) series of satellites provide space based information for monitoring and management of natural resources and Disaster Management Support under the aegis of National Natural Resource Management System (NNRMS). The lndian institute of Remote Sensing (llRS) is a premier institute of ISRO which is engaged in training, education and capacity building on use of geospatial technology for natural resources monitoring and disaster management since last five decades. The institute has so far conducted 16 Satellite/ Internet based Outreach Programmes, benefitting more than 30,000 participants from around 367 lndian universities/institutions/user departments/user ministries in lndia, we have now the pleasure of announcing the seventeenth llRS Outreach programme on "Geoweb Services and Geoportal apptications" commencing from June 28, 2016 to further enhance the knowledge of Geoweb services and related technologies for geospatial applications.

For more details visit :http://www.iirs.gov.in/EDUSAT-News

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ISRO stresses on indigenization; TRAI for open sky policy

NEW DELHI: Even as he advocated an Open Sky Policy for satellites
usage, Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI) chairman R S Sharma said an early formulation of a satellite communication (satcom) policy was desirable if the goals of Digital India have to be achieved.

On the other hand, Indian Space & Research Organisation (ISRO) agreed satellite services were crucial to the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of Digital India, but laid stress on indigenisation to become “self-reliant” over the next few years.

Speaking at the '2 nd International Summit ‘India Satcom – 2016’ on the theme of Broadband for all using NextGen Satellite Technologies, TRAI’s Sharma said connectivity was vital for a digital India and satellite can help in increase this connectivity.

That was why, he said, TRAI is in favour of an Open Sky policy and had earlier too recommended on these lines in a report to the government.

Sharma admitted that the internet connectivity in India was barely 15 per cent, though wireless connectivity was growing at a fast pace through smart-phones. There were only 20 million phones in the country but almost the entire country was connected through mobile phones, he said.

Suggesting use of cable and digital television systems to enable delivery of broadband, the TRAI chairman admitted that certain “policy constraints have to be crossed.”

He said if this is not done soon, then Digital India will not move forward much.

Referring to Ka Band on satellites, Sharma said TRAI had issued a paper in this connection in April last year.

While Sharma pushed for a more liberalised satcom policy to realise the dream of Digital India faster, ISRO stressed on indigenisation for self reliance without directly dwelling on an Open Sky policy.

In a message read out in absentia, ISRO chairman and secretary in the Department of Space A S Kiran Kumar said there was need to hold full-fledged discussions on satellite services’ contribution to Digital India and also on formulation of a satcom policy.

He stressed that ISRO was committed to an indigenous satellite system and added more (Indian) satellites were expected to be launched over the next few years to make the country self-dependent.

ISRO has been criticised in the past on stifling the growth of Indian users of satellite services (like DTH and VSAT operators to name a few) owing to its inability to meet the demand with supply on INSAT, while mandating time- consuming processes for Indian customers to lease capacity on foreign satellites.

Hong Kong-based Asian industry organisation CASBAA in a recent report had highlighted how stifling satellite policies were hampering a faster rollout of a digital India.

Titled Capacity crunch continues: Assessment of satellite transponders’ capacity for the Indian
broadcast and broadband market and released in March 2016, the CASBAA-PwC report had questioned the role of ISRO and Antrix (ISRO’s commercial arm) as a satellite operator, a research institute and an independent commercial entity.

“The roles of a policymaker and enforcer should be assigned to independent entities,” The CASBAA-PwC report stated, indicating ISRO/
Antrix present roles lead to conflict of interests.

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