ISRO General News and Updates

[Cheran]

G20 Indo-US Joint statement released by white house -

Joint Statement from India and the United States | The White House

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed United States President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to India today, reaffirming the close and enduring partnership between India and the United States. The leaders expressed their appreciation for the substantial progress underway to implement the...

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Snipping space related section -

 

[FalconSlayers]

Opinion

Then people wonder why SpaceX has reusable SHLVs and a mega constellation of StarLink satellites in space and how NASA landed humans on the moon more than half a century ago.

It's the human resource which matters the most, government still forgets this.

 

[RoaringTigerHiddenDragon]

Opinion

Then people wonder why SpaceX has reusable SHLVs and a mega constellation of StarLink satellites in space and how NASA landed humans on the moon more than half a century ago.

It's the human resource which matters the most, government still forgets this.

It is the same in NASA too. Government pay scale. If you want money go to the private sector.

 

[SKC]

Opinion

Then people wonder why SpaceX has reusable SHLVs and a mega constellation of StarLink satellites in space and how NASA landed humans on the moon more than half a century ago.

It's the human resource which matters the most, government still forgets this.

This is more than decent salary for the Job. There are incentives extra to the base salary. Please consider the avg and mean salary in the country.

 

[astransastra]

I broached the same topic of salaries in PSUs earlier too and advocated for a more corporate style of functioning in PSUs (Annual reviews and Bonus based on milestones delivered)

Refer threads below for it.
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Indian Economy: News and Discussion

Example of new construction in Surat. In the last decade, almost few hundred 10-15fl apartment buildings have come up. A giant concrete jungle, but it doesnt look so bad because there are little to no slums in this part of the city. But the city needs to build taller and build proper...

defenceforumindia.com

Indian Economy: News and Discussion

if Indian media has any sense of "national self interest", they will amplify this news the way these two countries take special interest in our negative news. reciprocity. will they? ====== After Germany enters recession, fears in Singapore of 'Technical Recession' But this is not...

defenceforumindia.com

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The response i usually get is "If you want money go to private sector". But my counter is "can government really afford to lose talent to private companies?" I think its not possible to do so at least in 2 sectors - Space and Defense which are critical for national security, more so in the current times.

Proof? Hope forum posters already know about how Musk meddled with Ukraine war. If they don't, humbly request them to go through below links.

‘Elon Musk committed evil’: Ukrainian official slams SpaceX CEO over shutting down Starlink access

The explosive revelation that Elon Musk shut down Ukrainian access to Starlink satellite communication services has ruffled some feathers in the Kyiv establishment as a senior official accused the SpaceX CEO of having “committed evil”. On Thursday (Sept 7), CNN shared an excerpt from the...

www.wionews.com

SpaceX's Starlink wins Pentagon contract for satellite services to Ukraine

SpaceX's Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Department of Defense contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

Bottom-line is US has done an agreement with SpaceX to provide Starlink services for Ukraine's war efforts involving drones...now i question the stupidity of governments which get into such agreements by depending on whims of individuals like Musk who can back out of deals simply by announcing on Twitter. One may say when it involves national security, governments can prevail over private entities...i doubt such conviction...may be dictatorial governments like CCP can do that with the companies that operate from their country but i would think its too risky for any democratic governments to leave the job of national security and precious lives of defense personnel to private for-profit entities.

I question if "Bharat" also has to follow the stupidity of US government which turned NASA into irrelevance compared to the private companies operating from its land or rather come up with a unique model to run the "Space and Defense" PSUs in a corporate manner and reap the benefits in time of need! Its an opportunity of lifetime for Indian government to make some exceptions to the "Sarkari" salary cap on ISRO,DRDO, HAL like PSUs and attract talent (reverse the brain drain that is already happening in Bharat) and show the path to rest of the world! We don't need to stop private entities in space/defense...they will continue to provide an excellent eco system for ISRO like institutions to focus on bigger goals by raising the bar, but we just can't let ISRO or DRDO lose their talent. All it requires is transferring some of the profits already earned by the commercial wing of ISRO to the staff. I am sure this government can make it happen if they want to.

 

[raju1982]

Opinion

Then people wonder why SpaceX has reusable SHLVs and a mega constellation of StarLink satellites in space and how NASA landed humans on the moon more than half a century ago.

It's the human resource which matters the most, government still forgets this.

this is wrong. i earned 2.5 lakh per month when i had 8 years of exp.

 

[Swesh]

Max, Apple says that the new models support NavIC. This is the first time Apple has added support for NavIC to any of its iPhone models. However, the company has not specified which features will be included in the deployment. An Apple spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The standard iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Plus variants don’t support NavIC, according to their official tech specs.

Navigation with Indian Constellation, which became operational in India in 2018, is India’s audacious attempt at building an independent standalone navigation satellite system. Developed by India’s space research organization ISRO, NavIC provides accurate positioning and timing information over India and the surrounding region.

Through over half a dozen satellites, NavIC extends coverage to whole of India’s landmass.

Its applications span across transportation (terrestrial, aerial, and marine), location-based services, personal mobility, resource monitoring, surveying and geodesy, scientific research, time dissemination and synchronization, as well as safety-of-life alert dissemination, according to ISRO.

Last year, India began pushing smartphone makers to add support for NavIC within a few quarters, Reuters reported then, citing government documents. Many smartphone manufacturers were concerned that the necessary hardware changes would slightly increase the cost of the phones.

The global iPhone 15 Pro models also support NavIC, according to official specs pages. Scores of smartphones — including Xiaomi’s Mi 11X, 11T Pro, OnePlus Nord 2T, and Realme 9 Pro sup
port NavIC.

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro adds India's GPS alternative NavIC feature | TechCrunch

Apple has extended support for NavIC to some of the new iPhone 15 models, seemingly complying with New Delhi's push to adopt India's home-grown Apple has extended support for NavIC, India's home-grown alternative to the GPS navigation system, to some of the new iPhone 15 models.

techcrunch.com

 

[Swesh]

Lecture mention that quantum satellite will be used to send safe OTP

 

[Swesh]

Also their Sar capabilities can detect type of aircraft in enemy base

 

[Vamsi]

Asianet News ‘Dialogues’ with ISRO Chairman S Somanath

Asianet News Network gets exclusive access to the UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru where Asianet News Network Executive Chairman Rajesh Kalra held a deta...

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Key points:

• TV-D1 tentatively scheduled for 26 October.
• Indigenous manufacturing capabilities of components, and their incapability (atpresent) to make how high grade aluminium, high grade composites & 'high grade' electronics
• How the low (relatively atleast) employee salaries disinterest 60% of the students at a specific IIT
• Future dreams of ISRO - A Functional Space Station, manned moon landing
• About 40% of the budget of spacecraft goes into buying imported items.
• About 90kg of fuel left after landing and hop maneuvers
• First crewed flight of Gaganyaan can't happen anytime before 2025
• XpoSat is done with integration and testing and ready for launch and is sitting inside the cleanroom
• IDRSS satellite in Assembly, Integration and Testing cleanroom
• Indian military wasn't very quick to move to Navic. Current CDS is optimistic and transition from GPS to Navic to happen in few years
  
• IDRSS satellite
  
  
  
• XPoSAT ready at cleanroom

 

[Photon]

Satellite dish 'not a laser machine' - The Fiji Times

The satellite dish planted at the Suva Grammar Grounds in Nasese is not a spaceship or a laser machine as claimed by Fijians online, but an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) temporary terminal assisting with data gathering for ISRO missions around the sun’s orbit. Confirming the...

www.fijitimes.com

 

[Swesh]

Indian military wasn't very quick to move to Navic. Current CDS is optimistic and transition from GPS to Navic to happen in few years

This is not new this has been happening with many isro - army projects isro side job is done on time army delay it's side job or don't co-operate

 

[Tactical Doge]

This is not new this has been happening with many isro - army projects isro side job is done on time army delay it's side job or don't co-operate

Probably coz they didn't get their cut

 

[Swesh]

 

[FalconSlayers]

 

[Swesh]

Nope Not even configaration are final. Project is in conceptual phase

 

[FalconSlayers]

Nope Not even configaration are final. Project is in conceptual phase

After Moon, ISRO sets its eyes on Mars landing — 'it's an aspiration, work yet to begin'

ISRO chief S. Somanath details the agency’s planned missions, declines to comment on Chandrayaan-3, whose lander and rover were put to sleep when first lunar night set in.

theprint.in

 

[TopWatcher]

After Moon, ISRO sets its eyes on Mars landing — 'it's an aspiration, work yet to begin'

ISRO chief S. Somanath details the agency’s planned missions, declines to comment on Chandrayaan-3, whose lander and rover were put to sleep when first lunar night set in.

theprint.in

Its a best one. Sending another only orbiter will be a waist of resources/money.

 

[TopWatcher]

Any current status on Aditya L1 ?

 

[FalconSlayers]

Its a best one. Sending another only orbiter will be a waist of resources/money.

Yep, just like Chandrayaan-2, it would be better to do all 3 of them together, orbiter + lander + rover since Mangalyaan orbiter is now lost after completing its mission. But for that we'll need a much heavier rocket, I doubt LVM3 can do that.