ISRO General News and Updates

[tarunraju]

We may put a man on the moon one day but DD will always remain DD, lol

Oh you think that's bad? ISRO's website which had the live-stream, was using Windows Media Player web-player, which needed me to launch Internet Explorer after nearly 4 years.

 

[Neeraj Mathur]

We may put a man on the moon one day but DD will always remain DD, lol

agreed will never go for HD. DD ka nara hai HD nahi jana hai

 

[Illusive]

agreed will never go for HD. DD ka nara hai HD nahi jana hai

DD has HD channel .

 

[Neeraj Mathur]

DD has HD channel .

i have seen the quality

 

[Adioz]

We may put a man on the moon one day but DD will always remain DD, lol

I agree that presentation (visuals) are really bad. But the material (news) they cover is a lot more relevant and accurate than TRP-slave channels like India TV.
Their debates reflect maturity and actually make sense and are not the usual riff-raff that TRP-slaves like to throw at our face.

 

[praneet.bajpaie]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-cancelling-contract/articleshow/49158235.cms

WTF Man?

 

[cannonfodder]

UPA karma.........

30 characters

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-cancelling-contract/articleshow/49158235.cms

WTF Man?

 

[Illusive]

@praneet.bajpaie @gpawar Congress should pay for this not taxpayers.

From the comments in the economic times article

Allow me to refresh the reader's memory on this subject. Con-Gress had signed this agreement when the Department of Space was under direct control of the PMO (the harvard gold medalist Manmohan). This was for S-Band spectrum which was worth about 2 lakh crores but which was being given away for pittance. When media reports broke out on another multi-billion scam in the making (in addition to Coalgate, CWG, 2g, Adarsh etc. etc.) Con-Gress hurried anulled the contract using sovereign powers.What the present govt. is facing is a fallout of that thievery and betrayal of CON-Gress.I feel CON-Gress should be asked to shell out this money from its party kitty or face the possibility of their party being dissolved.

This is unacceptable, can we expect any justice from the SC for such heinous crimes committed by the last government and book the people responsible for it.

 

[cannonfodder]

I had similar thoughts but the price for Congress/UPA impotency may have to be paid by tax payers
They will claim it to be their executive right when in power. Our ex-prime minister will remain silent as usual. At the most current GOI can try out of court settlement or raise money by auctioning the same spectrum promised to Devas at an higher price.

@praneet.bajpaie @gpawar Congress should pay for this not taxpayers.

From the comments in the economic times article


This is unacceptable, can we expect any justice from the SC for such heinous crimes committed by the last government and book the people responsible for it.

 

[cobra commando]

UAE space agency seeks cooperation with ISRO

 

[Adioz]

ISRO hoping for industry built launch vehicles in 3-4 years

This is an important new direction that ISRO is taking. In time ISRO may as well follow in NASA's footsteps and transfer the responsibility of maintaining earth orbit satellites to local commercial space tech companies. ISRO will then be able to focus on human space fight missions and exploration missions. This will create a very important commercial space industry in India and create tons of jobs and make newer technologies accessible to local space companies.

 

[cobra commando]

GSLV Mark III rocket modified, ground tests done: ISRO

 

[Neeraj Mathur]

India, China talk payload hosting, space missions

SRIHARIKOTA/BENGALURU: A year after India signed its first space co-operation agreement with China, scientists from Isro and the Chinese space agency have decided on six major areas of interest, including hosting of payloads on each other's satellites and inter-planetary missions.

TOI first reported in September 2014 that then Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan had said a joint working group will work out the modalities of the co-operation.

Speaking to TOI in Sriharikota last month, senior scientist BK Dadwal, who heads the Indians in the joint working group, said: "Hosting of payloads is one of the six talking points." He pointed out the two agencies have identified six points of contacts who will come up with concrete plans for each subject.

"We don't know which Chinese payloads we'll launch on which of our satellites and vice-versa. These details have to be worked out but we've identified six broad areas," he said, adding, "The other areas of interest are earth observation, disaster management, space science and navigation."

Despite China's distinction of being the third nation to send an astronaut into space after erstwhile Soviet Union and the US, its space exploration has not been as impressive as India's.

The agreement with India was signed in September 2014 just days before India put its Mars Orbiter Mission into the Martian orbit. China's Mars probe, Yinghuo 1, lost contact before leaving the Earth orbit.

India has been consistently increasing its foreign collaborations and with the six satellites that piggy rode with Astrosat, Isro completed launching 50 foreign satellites.

Isro has been most sought after by Germany, the first country to take India's help in launching a 45-kg satellite in 1999. Since 1999, nine German satellites and six UK satellites have been launched by Isro.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...sting-space-missions/articleshow/49220970.cms

 

[Illusive]

Despite China's distinction of being the third nation to send an astronaut into space after erstwhile Soviet Union and the US, its space exploration has not been as impressive as India's.

Seriously! If building a space station and sending a rover on moon is not impressive for TOIet, then they should build a space shuttle and transfer their entire office and staff to some other galactic world where we wouldn't be able to read their shitty reporting ever again.

 

[cobra commando]

Astrosat First Light: CZT Imager Looks at Crab Nebula

 

[Lions Of Punjab]

INDIA TO LAUNCH SIX SINGAPORE SATELLITES IN DECEMBER

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) f the Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO) will deploy the satellites into a near equatorial orbit, inclined 15 degrees lower to the south of equator.
India would launch six satellites from Singapore, including a dedicated 500 kg earth observation spacecraft, in mid-December, a top space official said on Friday.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the most Reliable Workhorse and trusted Rocket of the ISRO
"The 500 kg dedicated satellite (TeLOS-1) will be a commercial launch for Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd while five other smaller satellites are from Singapore universities," Indian space agency's commercial arm Antrix Corporation chairman and managing director V.S. Hegde said in Bengaluru.
The PSLV, the most reliable workhorse and trusted rocket of the Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO), will deploy the satellites into a near equatorial orbit, inclined 15 degrees lower to the south of equator.
"As Singapore has a cloudy weather most of the year, the observatory satellite will be put in a sun-synchronous polar orbit 550 km above the earth so that it could transmit signals round-the-clock, cloud disturbances notwithstanding," Hegde said on the margins of a defence and aerospace seminar.
According to the company subsidiary, (Satcom & Sensor Systems Pte Ltd), its first commercial satellite will carry an electro-optical camera capable of taking images at ground resolution of one metre.
"The observatory spacecraft will be used disaster and environment monitoring, maritime safety, urban planning and homeland security," Hegde noted.
The remote sensing satellite's positioning in the unique near equatorial orbit also allows its frequent revisits to areas of interest in equatorial regions at 96-minute intervals, delivering high data availability and responsiveness.
India will also launch another 900 kg dedicated communication satellite (Aisat) for the German space agency (GLR) in 2016 from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
"Of the 23 satellites we have commercially contracted for launches in the earth's lower orbit from nine developed and developing countries, 21 smaller, micro and nano type are from Algeria, Canada, Indonesia, Japan and the US for communication, remote sensing, observational activities," Hegde added.
With demand for launching 1,500 satellites for various space and science applications from countries the world over, India is ramping up its capacity to launch as many of them, in view of its cost competitiveness and record expertise in sending them in lower orbits using PSLV over the decades.
Earlier, Hegde addressed a gathering of about 300 scientists, engineers, technologists and students of aeronautics at a seminar on "Developing and sustaining a vibrant R&D for aerospace and defence sector', organised in memory of late former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam here by the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...ingapore-satellites-in-december/1/500833.html

 

[cobra commando]

ISRO has announced test of Electric propulsion concept in its forthcoming
GSAT-19 satellite, after the earlier GSAT-4, also carrying one of these, failed to reach orbit for operationalisation.

Ion Thrusters Of ISRO's Electric Propulsion System

 

[cobra commando]

First Light with the Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) for ASTROSAT

 

[roma]

ISRO hoping for industry built launch vehicles in 3-4 years
......... ISRO will then be able to focus on human space fight missions and exploration missions. This will create a very important commercial space industry in India and create tons of jobs and make newer technologies accessible to local space companies.

i was hoping too
but fat hopes for both of us
here is what some big chief from isro has just said
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-priority-Isro-chief/articleshow/49701431.cms
i thought dr radhakrishnan was the big boss so i dont know who this genius S Kiran Kumar is ...must be some great guy to put manned program on back burner
quote :-
BHUBANESWAR: The much-publicized manned space mission is not a priority for Indian Space Research Organization (Isro), Isro chairman AS Kiran Kumar said here on Saturday.

"Right now, it (manned mission) is not a priority at all. Our priority is to build capacity for new (satellite) launches," Kumar said while interacting with reporters on the side-lines of convocation of KIIT University.
end quote

tough going and what a wet blanket ...and i also thought the multiple re-entry space shuttle vehicle was supposed to be tested this moth of november 2015 , so is this a way of saying " not ready " ?

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[Adioz]

i was hoping too
but fat hopes for both of us
here is what some big chief from isro has just said
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-priority-Isro-chief/articleshow/49701431.cms
i thought dr radhakrishnan was the big boss so i dont know who this genius S Kiran Kumar is ...must be some great guy to put manned program on back burner
quote :-
BHUBANESWAR: The much-publicized manned space mission is not a priority for Indian Space Research Organization (Isro), Isro chairman AS Kiran Kumar said here on Saturday.

"Right now, it (manned mission) is not a priority at all. Our priority is to build capacity for new (satellite) launches," Kumar said while interacting with reporters on the side-lines of convocation of KIIT University.
end quote

tough going and what a wet blanket ...and i also thought the multiple re-entry space shuttle vehicle was supposed to be tested this moth of november 2015 , so is this a way of saying " not ready " ?

@angeldude13@Abhijat@Ancient Indian@anupamsurey@aliyah @Alien @Aravind Sanjeev @A chauhan @bose @Bornubus @brational@blueblood@Blackwater@Blood+@Bangalorean@bengalraider @cobra commando@Chirag @Chinmoy @DingDong @ersakthivel @FRYCRY@guru-dutt@Hari Sud@hit&run
@indiandefencefan@I_PLAY_BAD@Indibomber@jackprince
@Kunal Biswas@LETHALFORCE@laughingbuddha@mhk99 @maomao @Neil @Nicky G @OneGrimPilgrim @pmaitra @PaliwalWarrior@Pulkit @Rowdy@Razor @Rashna@rock127 @R.parida @Sakal Gharelu Ustad@Srinivas_K @sgarg @sabar i@Sameet2@saik@sorcerer @sydsnyper @Sridevi
@TejasMK3@The enlightened @tejas warrior@tharun @thethinker @tsunami@Screambowl@Sylex21 @VIP @Vishwarupa @Yusuf@Yumdoot@Zebra

A.S. Kiran Kumar is the new ISRO chairman.
The article said:-

The agency is currently in the stage of "critical technology development" for the human spaceflight mission, he said.

You are right. Does not look like they are ready for human spaceflight yet.
Another reason might be that they plan to conduct a series of exhaustive tests before taking risks, however small, with human presence on-board. Unlike all previous ISRO missions, the risks involved in this one, are exponentially higher because this time, human life is involved.
Maybe they realised that current ISRO budget is insufficient to allow hosting such a program along with all the others (like IRNSS, chandrayaan-2, venus probe, sun exploration, etc). The recent debacle with Antrix and Devas might also have played a role.
Its not like they do not want to go ahead with it. Maybe they just can't.