План индийских космических пусков

[Salo]

http://indianspacestation.com/student-initiative
http://www.teamstudsat.com/

[Salo]

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/21318.asp

India goes beyond Russian Space technology help - now India is self sufficient in indigenously developed cryogenic engine
Smitha Pradhan
Jan. 17, 2010

ISRO is planning to undertake a space mission to take man to space and bring him back safe after conducting studies for a few days there.

ISRO is planning to test GSLV-D3 carrying the communication satellite GSAT-4 with a two tonne payload at Sriharikottah on January 24.

India is getting ready to launch Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenously developed cryogenic engine, said Dr K.Radhakrishnan, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/18/stories/2010011854760300.htm

India getting ready for GSLV launch

PATHANAMTHITTA: Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan has said that India is getting ready to launch a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenously developed cryogenic engine. Talking to reporters at the Sannidhanam during his 47th pilgrimage to the Ayyappa temple on Sunday, he said the ISRO was planning to test GSLV-D3 carrying the communication satellite GSAT-4 at Sriharikottah on January 24. – Staff Reporter

http://www.satprnews.com/

Jan 19, 2010, post by Artur Zlesik
India Soon To Become Self-Reliant In Cryogenic Propulsion Technology

India is getting ready to launch Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with indigenously developed cryogenic engine, said Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman.

He said ISRO is planning to test GSLV-D3 carrying the communication satellite GSAT-4 with a two tonne payload at Sriharikottah on January 24.

Dr. Radhakrishnan said achieving self-reliance in cryogenic propulsion technology would boost India's image, besides taking it to the league of select countries having the technology. So far, India has been using Russian-made cryogenic engines in its launching vehicles.

He said ISRO was also planning to undertake a space mission to take man to space and bring him back safe after conducting studies for a few days there.

http://www.asianetindia.com/news/india-ready-gslv-launch-isro-chief_120453.html

[Salo]

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20100127_space_mission.html

27 January 2010  India's manned space mission scheduled for 2016 news   

Bangalore: Six years from now the first Indians will travel to space for a week long mission on indigenously developed launch platforms and space capsules. India's first manned mission has now been scheduled for 2016, and will see two astronauts spending seven days in a low earth orbit, according to a top Indian space agency official.

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20100128_moon_mission.html

28 January 2010
Bangalore: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Wednesday that the configuration of the new moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' was being finalised and that it would be launched by 2013.

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/spacemissions/20100128_mars_mission.html

28 January 2010  ISRO mulls Mars mission, lunar colonies   

Bangalore: An ambitious and confident Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is not only planning deeper forays into space, starting with Mars, but also looking at the complications involved in setting up a lunar base.

"There are three possible time slots to send a Mars mission - in 2013, 2016 and 2018," ISRO chief Dr K Radhakrishnan said Wednesday in Bangalore. "We will be looking at 2016 or 2018."

According to Dr Radhakrishnan, ISRO would utilise either of its launch vehicles – the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) or the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) - to send a satellite into Martian orbit. "It can be done in four or five years, but the challenge is to define what scientific experiments we would conduct there," he said.

Former ISRO chairman, Madhavan Nair, said Chandrayaan-1's discovery of the presence of water near the lunar poles had increased the chances of building the lunar base. "It is going to be the frontier for exploration of the universe," he said.

According to Nair, analysis of data obtained last year from scientific instruments onboard the Chandrayaan-1 indicated water molecules on the moon. The presence of Hydroxyls - a molecule comprising an oxygen atom and a hydrogen atom - in lunar soil was also promising in this regard.

Offering a contrarian sentiment was former ISRO chairman, Prof UR Rao, who wasn't too sure if establishing a colony on the moon was a good idea. However, he said, the moon was a rich source of Helium-3, a fuel for nuclear fusion, which one day could make the earth energy sufficient for thousands of years.

However, Rao held out a glimmer of hope for lunar colonies pointing out that the Japanese lunar mission, Kaguya's, recent discovery of underground tunnels on the lunar surface offered increased hope for human colonies.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency announced the discovery of skylight-like deep holes on moon which could lead to huge sub-surface tunnels. These tunnels could have been carved out by lava flow. "They could shield human beings from space radiation and other hazards," Rao said.

ISRO is gearing up to finalise mission configuration of its second lunar foray with Chandrayaan-2, due for launch in 2013. The mission involves immense technical sophistication as it will have a lunar orbiter, which will disgorge a lunar lander, which in turn will release a lunar rover to crawl on the surface of the moon.

Dr Radhakrishnan revealed that, globally, scientists were discussing manned missions to Mars and establishing space colonies by 2030. He was confident that India would not lag too far behind. "India's first human space programme, which will have two astronauts in spacecraft orbiting the Earth, should be achieved in about six years," he said.

[Johannes]

BRITE-Constellation consists of UniBRITE and BRITE-AUSTRIA (TUG-SAT-1), two 20 cm cube nanosatellites. Each will fly a small aperture telescope with a CCD camera to perform high-precision two-color photometry of the brightest stars in the sky (d 4th mag) continuously for up to several years. [...] All of that is enabled by innovative technology currently developed in collaboration between Canada and Austria. A launch of UniBRITE and BRITE-AUSTRIA in early 2011 is envisioned. [1]

The Launch Contract has been signed in October 2009  [...] The satellite will be launched in January 2011 as secondary payload (piggyback) from Shriharikota/India. The rocket used will be a PSLV rocket of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). [2]


TUGSAT-1/BRITE-Austria[/size]

The spacecraft has a size of 20 x 20 x 20 cm and weights 7 kg. It carries three computers: instrument processor, housekeeping and attitude control computer. About 6 W of electrical power will be generated by solar cells. The telemetry operates in the science S-band for the downlink and in the UHF band for the uplink. In addition, a VHF beacon is provided. The data rate lies between 32 to 256 kbit/s and the typical daily downlink volume amounts to 2 Mbyte. [2]

[Salo]

Спасибо! :wink:

[Salo]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=1173.510

GSLV flight in April

[Salo]

Indian eye in sky developed

by Staff Writers
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 16, 2009

Bent on boosting its military intelligence, India is set to develop a new, cutting-edge surveillance satellite.

The spy craft, called the Communication Centric Intelligence Satellite is expected to be launched into orbit in 2014, keeping a close watch on hot spots in the troubled neighborhood.

CCI-Sat is part of a high-priority plan to develop electronic warfare systems for India's army, navy and air force, G Boopathy, director of the Defense Electronic Research Laboratory, was quoted telling local media.

The laboratory is developing the $25 million satellite and Boopathy said the project was still in its initial phases of planning.

"The focus now, is space; we have to equip ourselves for electronic warfare from space, too," he said.

Beyond surveillance, CCI-Sat is capable of picking up images, even conversations, between satellite phones.

The satellite is expected to orbit Earth at an altitude of 300 miles and keep watch on hostile regions in India's region by passing on surveillance data to intelligence command-and-control centers.

The Hindu newspaper reported the satellite will be fitted with electronic sensors that are more powerful than the Indian Space Research Organization's remote-sensing satellites.

It said the electronic warfare sensor would be "located on on the mountain range facing Pakistan, China, Nepal and the northeast part of the country, to detect troop or vehicular movement across the borders."

Only a select number of countries, including the United States, France and China, are using such electronic spy satellites.

While the payload will be built by India's Defense Electronic Research Laboratory, the satellite's design and development will be made by the country's space research organization.

India is poised to put an other two military Cartosat-2B satellites in orbit in the coming months. Both will also be used for military purposes.

Last year, India launched its generic RISAT-2 military satellite, which is keeping a high-resolution eye on the country's borders and coastline to watch for terrorist infiltration, Defense News reported.

Meantime, the director of Defense Avionics Research Establishment revealed that new electronic warfare technology has been developed for light aircraft and that the system was set to be tested imminently.

Defense scientists told local media that India was focusing research on technologies to intercept and jam satellite phone networks.

"That project is going on," an unnamed official was quoted as saying. "Within a year, it will be ready."

Among other developments, officials said a "penetration aid," that allows Indian military aircraft to penetrate enemy territory without being identified by surrounding radar.

[Salo]

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Cartosat_2B_Will_Be_Launched_Soon_999.html

Cartosat-2B Will Be Launched Soon

by Staff Writers
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 08, 2010
India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, that will aid in infrastructure and urban planning, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K Radhakrishnan said on Thursday.

The launch was expected by March end or mid-April and the exact date would be finalised at the mission readiness review meeting on February 10, he told reporters here.

The satellite, which would be launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, has a 0.8 metre resolution. This makes it capable to even take pictures of a car on the ground. Radhakrishnan said NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) want to be part of Chandrayaan-II, the next Indian mission to Moon, by sending their instruments.

"They are all there actually (they have sent proposals)," he added NASA and ESA are among "several candidates" who have evinced interest in Chandrayaan-2, he said. "There is discussion going on that... And there is a team which is discussing with various scientists... Scientific Advisory Board.

You look at all the requirements and what experiments we need to do and what mass is available and what they would require and from Chandrayaan-I, what are all the things that you have to follow up.

This will be taken care of soon," he said. India had hosted six foreign instruments in its maiden moon odyssey Chandrayaan-I - three from ESA, two from NASA and one from Bulgaria. Chandrayaan-I carried India's five instruments.

However, Radhakrishnan indicated that the number of instruments on board Chandrayaan-II is likely be less than the one carried by Chandrayaan-I, which had 11.

Source: Press Trust of India

[Salo]

По Can-X4 и Can-X5:
http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX45/
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~cguconf/2008webs/Abstracts/SESSIONS/S.ImagingEarth/S.Peterson.S.pdf
http://www.kcn.ru/tat_en/science/ans/journals/rasj_cnt/09_2_7.html

[Salo]

GSAT-4 satellite to be launched soon

Express News Service
First Published : 22 Feb 2010 03:41:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 22 Feb 2010 07:45:15 AM IST

NAGERCOIL: Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr K Radhakrishnan on Sunday said that the communication satellite GSAT-4, which will use the indigenously built cryogenic engine for the first time, will be launched very soon.

Earlier, the ISRO chief inaugurated the Village Resource Centre (VRC), an initiative by the organisation at JPR Nagar in Nagercoil.

According to this programme, ISRO will be disseminating the services from the space systems via its Satellite Communication (SatCom) and Earth Observation (EO). Tele-education, tele-healthcare, land and water resources management and tele-fishery are some of the services provided under this programme.

The ISRO Chairman also launched the tele-medicine facility here. The tele-medicine facility connects the remote district hospitals and health centres with Super Specialty Hospitals in cities for providing expert consultation to the needy population.

Addressing reporters, K Radhakrishnan, said that the indigenously built cryogenic engine will be used for the first time in the launch of the communication satellite, GSAT-4. It will be launched using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). He added that the latest version of remote sensing satellite, 'CARTOSAT-2B' will be launched in April using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

Besides CARTOSAT-2B, the polar vehicle will also carry StudSat, another nanosatellite built by the students of Sathyabhama University among others. According to sources, with the launch using an indigenously built cryogenic engine, India will enter the elite space club of countries that have the capability to make such engines.

[Salo]

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/India_Plans_To_Send_Two_Astronauts_Into_Space_999.html

India Plans To Send Two Astronauts Into Space

-
by Staff Writers
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 23, 2010
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to send two astronauts to space within six to seven years, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said.
"ISRO plans to send two astronauts into space in six to seven years," he said after launching a mobile telemedicine unit at Muttom in Kanyakumari district.

He said India was among the leading countries in the world in space research, designing the most modern satellites in keeping with latest advances in technology

These satellites are very helpful in communication and distance, he said.

Radhakrishnan said the Nano satellites designed by students of Satyabama University, Chennai, would be installed in the PSLV rocket, to be launched in June or July.

[Salo]

http://www.weeksupdate.com/2009/06/sathyabama-satellite-nano-satellite.html

The Sathyabama Satellite Nano satellite developed by Sathyabama University, Chennai
Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a nano satellite designed and developed by students of Sathyabama University, Chennai. The Sathyabama Satellite, with a payload of 10 kg, is developed for studying air and earth surface pollution.

The satellite is in the developmental stage and will be ready to launch in June 2010. A team of 27 third-year engineering students along with Mr.V Kannan, head of the VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) is working behind the project. A Space Technology Centre has been established to conduct advanced research in space science in the University.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chennai/Sathyabama-students-to-launch-satellite-in-2010/articleshow/4703556.cms

Sathyabama students to launch satellite in 2010
TNN, Jun 26, 2009, 02.40am IST

CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a nano satellite designed and developed by students of Sathyabama University for free. The Sathyabama Satellite, with a payload of 10 kg, will study air and earth surface pollution.

"The satellite is being designed with support from ISRO and we will launch it when it is completed," said Madhavan Nair, chairman, ISRO, after interacting with students associated with designing the satellite at Sathyabhama University on Thursday.

Speaking at the Graduation Day of Jeppiar College of Engineering, Nair said that ISRO and Sathyabama University had signed an MoU to support the design, development and launch of the satellite. A Space Technology Centre has been established to conduct advanced research in rocketry, satellites and space applications in university campus.

"The satellite is in the design stage and we will be able to complete the project, including fabrication, by June 2010," said V Kannan, head of the VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design department that includes a team of 27 students to build the satellite. The third-year engineering students were selected by ISRO after a screening process that included a written test and interview.

"It is impressive to see that the students developing the concept quickly. Their clarity of concept and commitment to completing the project by the end of the year is impressive," Nair said. He added that the 16 Village Resource Centres were performing remarkably well.

Earlier, A Sivathanu Pillai, chief controller, Research and Development, Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) inaugurated an aero hangar and two Cessna aircraft meant for students of aeronautical engineering at the university.

Jeppiar, pro chancellor, Sathyabama University said: "We are planning to buy a 15-seater aircraft soon. An air hostess training course will also be started to benefit students from rural areas."

[Salo]

Планирующиеся пуски

2010
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время

апрель - GSAT-4,  Gagan - GSLV-D3 (Mk.II) - ПО
начало мая - Cartosat-2B, STUDSAT, ALSAT-2A, CANX-4, CANX-5, TIsat-1 - PSLV-C15 - ПО
май-август - RESOURCESAT-2, Sathyabama satellite,  X-Sat  - PSLV-C16 - ПО
ПО - GSAT-8(INSAT-4G), Gagan - ARIANE-5 - ПО
ПО -InSat-3D - GSLV-F06 (Mk.1) - ПО
ПО- MEGHA-TROPIQUES, CubeSats - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
конец года - IRNSS-2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
четвёртый квартал - RISAT-1 - PSLV-C13 (XL) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-5(INSAT-4D) - GSLV MkII - ПО
ПО - GSAT-6(INSAT-4E) - GSLV MkII - ПО
ПО - Navy Communications Satellite - ПО - ПО

Попутная нагрузка
ПО - Jugnu - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ALSAT-2B - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
середина года - NLS-8, CubeSats - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - Venta-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMSAT - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - TAUVEX- GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - SRE-2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - YOUTHSAT - PSLV (ПО) - ПО

2011
январь - TES-HYP, SARAL (ALTIKA-ARGOS) (ПО), UniBRITE, BRITE-AUSTRIA, CubeSats - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GEO-HR - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-3 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-4 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-1(F) - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-9 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
конец года - TecSAR-2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка
ПО - RLV-TD - ПО - ПО

2012
первый квартал - RESOURCESAT-3, CARTOSAT-3 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11 - GSLV-Mk III - ПО
ПО - RISAT-3- PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - DMSAR-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ITM-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-5 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-6 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-7 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-7(INSAT-4F) - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-10 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-12(включая GAGAN) - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-13 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - OCEANSAT III- PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
Попутная нагрузка
ПО - I-STAG - ПО - ПО
ПО - SENSE-P, SENSE-E - ПО - ПО
ПО - RLV-TD - ПО - ПО
ПО - ADITYA-1 - ПО - ПО

2013
первый квартал - Chandrayaan-2 - GSLV-Mk III - ПО
ПО - ACTS-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-14 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО

2014
ПО - GSAT-15 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - CCI-Sat - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО

2016
Пилотируемый полёт
ПО - Mars Mission (ПО) - GSLV-Mk III - ПО

Используемые сокращения:
КА – космический аппарат
РКН – ракета космического назначения
РБ – разгонный блок
ПО – подлежит определению
ЛМВ – летнее московское время
ДМВ – декретное московкое время
НВМ – неотделяемый весовой макет

Изменения от 5 марта
Изменения от 10 марта
Изменения от 11 марта
Изменения от 24 марта
Изменения от 29 марта

[Salo]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/India-to-initiate-activities-for-Chandrayaan-II-President/articleshow/5603553.cms

ndia to initiate activities for Chandrayaan-II: President
22 Feb 2010, 1641 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: After a successful maiden moon mission, India will initiate the

process for its sequel Chandrayaan-II, President Pratibha Patil
said today.

"...activities towards the Chandrayaan-2 Mission will be initiated," she said in her address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament here.

Under Chandrayaan-II, space scientists plan to land two robotic rovers on the surface of the moon that would conduct experiments on the lunar soil and send the data back on the earth.

Patil said moves were already afoot to further develop the next generation satellite launch vehicle GSLV-Mark III with a capacity to put four tonne satellites in orbit.

Currently, the Indian space agency ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) has the capability to launch 2.5 tonne satellites.

The president said that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has plans for the flight test of the GSLV-D3 launch vehicle with indigenous cryogenic stage, and launch the Cartosat-2B, INSAT-3D and Resourcesat-2 satellites in the near future.

"The space programme continued to provide societal services to the nation in the areas of tele-medicine, tele-education and village resource centres," Patil said.

[Salo]

Astronomy satellite 'astrosat' to be launched in two years
Thiruvananthapuram | Thursday, Mar 4 2010 IST

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Radhakrishnan today said that Astrosat, India's first dedicated astronomy satellite would be launched in two years.

Addressing a gathering in connection with the inauguration of Technical Festival ''Conscentia'', organized by Indian Institute of Space Sciences and Technology, here, he said the finding of water substance on moon by the Chandrayan Mission was a great pride to the country.

Regarding the successful launching of three-tone sounding rocket, he said it was tested as part of ISRO's innovative system of fuels.

. It carried a passive scramjet engine combustor module as a test bed for demonstration of Air- Breathing propulsion technology, he added.

[Salo]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100308/main7.htm

ISRO puts off Israeli payload's launch
Shubhadeep Choudhury
Tribune News Service

Bangalore, March 7
In a blow to the Indian and Israeli researchers, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to leave out TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment), an Israeli payload, during the launch of its experimental communication satellite GSAT-4.

"We were very disappointed to learn that we were to be removed from the spacecraft. We have worked for this for a long time and were excited by the prospect of getting excellent science. We are now waiting for ISRO to tell us when the next launch opportunity will be", Jayant Murthy, professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics here and the Indian principal investigator of TAUVEX, told The Tribune in an email.

Responding to this reporter's query, Noah Brosch, Tel Aviv University's Wise Observatory director, who is the Israeli principal investigator of TAUVEX, said, "I have been made aware of the satellite problems, and knew that the panel on which TAUVEX was mounted had been taken off to allow work to proceed on some components (unrelated to TAUVEX) that needed replacing.

If GSAT-4 will launch without TAUVEX this would be very disappointing indeed. We went through a considerable amount of work and expense to fit TAUVEX to this satellite, and were looking forward to some excellent and unique science that only TAUVEX could have provided".

Brosch added that if GSAT-4 was launched without TAUVEX, he would "expect that ISRO would come back to me with an explanation".

An MoU for including the TAUVEX on GSAT-4 was signed on December 25, 2003, by G Madhavan Nair, the then ISRO chairman, and Aby Har-Even, director-general, Israel Space Agency (ISA) at ISRO headquarters here. The MoU followed the cooperative agreement signed between ISRO and ISA in October 2002.

Data from the telescope (TAUVEX) was supposed to help in solving astrophysical questions related to star formation, history of galaxies, physics of giant black holes, etc. It could also help in guiding other space telescopes towards selected interesting objects in the sky.

K Radhakrishnan, ISRO chairman, did not respond to an email sent by this reporter regarding leaving out of TAUVEX during the proposed launch of the GSAT-4 satellite.

S Satish, director, publicity and public relations, ISRO, claimed that no final decision had been taken with regard to dropping TAUVEX from the launch. "Our Indian payloads will come first", he said.

Knowledgeable sources said the ISRO wanted to keep the satellite light and this had prompted it to leave out TAUVEX from the launch. The issue, however, raises a question mark on the efficacy of the GSLV launcher, powered by the first indigenous cryogenic engine, which is slated to put the satellite in the orbit. GSAT-4 is slated for launch sometime this year.

[Salo]

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Isro-asks-for-more-money-as-spectrum-crunch-flares-up/588383/

Isro asks for more money as spectrum crunch flares up

Ashish Sinha
Posted: Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 2337 hrs IST
Updated: Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 2337 hrs IST

New Delhi: With acute shortage of broadcasting spectrum for both existing and new television channels, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is asking for Rs 50,000 per mega hertz (Mhz) or around Rs 18 lakh per transponder per month from broadcasters for its upcoming satellite, Insat-4G, set to be launched in the second quarter of this year. This is a first by Isro for the broadcast sector, technical experts say.

Insat-4G will carry 24 ku-band transponders and will be helpful for news broadcaster to enhance their DSNG (digital satellite news gathering) operations. DSNG or outside broadcast (OB) vans are used by the news channels to help cover news operations in real time and they use the ku-band transmission for uplink of news broadcasts.

"Advance money from interested broadcasters is mainly being asked to deter non-serious players who otherwise apply for additional capacity but do not use it efficiently," a government source involved with the satellite operations pertaining to the broadcast sector said.

Broadcasters and a few DTH operators are lining up to pay and block spectrum for expanding their channel-offering capacity and the overall news gathering operations. This is also significant for the direct-to-home (DTH) operations as most of the current DTH operators are close to exhausting their existing bandwidth of their DTH services.

"In order to expand a DSNG operations broadcasters have to furnish proof of their satellite capacity with Isro. And in order to obtain a letter from Isro, broadcasters have to pay for spectrum on Insat-4G," a technical consultants to several media companies said requesting anonymity.

However, due to the proposed location of Insat-4G (55 degrees, east), DTH operators are not too keen to block spectrum on the satellite yet. "The location of Insat-4G is such that we may have to provide an add-on antenna to the subscribers and re-tune their existing frequencies, a mammoth task for us," said an existing DTH operator.

This comes at a time when even the government is reviewing its policy of granting new television licences due to spectrum shortage. Already, 529 TV channels have the permission of operating in the country, while the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) is in the process of clearing an additional 155-plus pending applications for new TV channel licences. The broadcast sector regulator — the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India --- has been asked by the I&B ministry to study the matter and submit its recommendations.

[Salo]

http://rnd.cnews.ru/tech/aerospace/news/line/index_science.shtml?2010/03/12/382543

В настоящее время Индия реализует стратегическую программу обеспечения улучшенного навигационного поля системы GPS в пределах индийского субконтинента и прилегающих территорий за счёт ввода в строй с помощью Raytheon (США) широкозонной спутниковой системы IRNSS под названием GAGAN ((Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System).

После ввода GAGAN в эксплуатацию (текущая оценка - май 2011 г.) она обеспечит гарантированное позиционирование на всей территории субрегиона с точностью намного лучше 1 м в горизонтальной плоскости и лучше 1 м по вертикали, что позволит использовать навигационные данные в том числе для автоматизации посадок самолетов на ВПП.

В настоящее время, по данным India Defense, точность определения местоположения по вертикали в субрегионе с помощью «чистой» GPS, без использования дифференциальной коррекции, составляет около 7,6 м.

Система будет аналогична уже действующим системам аналогичного назначения – американской WAAS, европейской EGNOS и японской MTSAT. WAAS и MTSAT, создававшиеся с участием Raytheon, были сертифицированы соответственно в 2003 и 2007 гг.

В настоящее время компания Raytheon в рамках контракта Индийского агентства космических исследований (ISRO) стоимостью $82 млн. модернизирует систему управления навигацией воздушных судов на субконтиненте с использованием системы GAGAN.

Ввод системы в эксплуатацию в окончательной штатной конфигурации намечен на 2013 год.

[Salo]

http://cybersecurity.ru/space/89371.html

Индия увеличивает космический бюджет
(20:01) 15.03.2010

Индийская организация космических исследований ISRO в 2010 году получит от государства 57,78 млрд индийских рупий или 1,25 млрд долларов, что на 38% больше, чем в 2009 году. Соответствующее решение уже было принято индийским парламентом. Значительная часть финансирования - 21 млрд рупий - пойдет на разработку технологий для ракет-носителей, еще 10 млрд рупий предназначено для создания новых спутниковых технологий. Обе эти статьи были увеличены по сравнению с прошлым годом на 45%.

Индийская пилотируемая космическая программа получит 1,4 млрд рупий в текущем бюджетном году, стартующем с 1 апреля. Напомним, что ранее ISRO сообщила о планах по созданию 2-местного космического корабля, способного поднять астронавтов на орбиту высотой до 400 км и безопасно вернуть их на Землю.

Представитель ISRO С.Сатиш сказал, что его ведомство вполне удовлетворено бюджетными расходами на космос.

Среди других важных статей расходов можно выделить 2,5 млрд рупий на разработку нового керосиново-криогенного ракетного двигателя для будущих ракет-носителей, а также 1 млрд рупий на подготовку к лунной миссии Чандраян-2, которая, напомним, реализуется совместно с Россией.

Также в плане предусмотрены средства на разработку космической солнечной обсерватории Адитья, запуск которой намечен на 2012 год.

[Pol]

http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=9792

Индия завершает работу над собственным ракетным двигателем

:: 24.03.2010

Индийская организация космических исследований во вторник сообщила о том, что Индия в апреле проведет первый для себя пуск ракеты-носителя, которая будет работать на криогенном двигателе, созданном внутри страны. Ранее Индия закупала ракетные двигатели у России.
Сейчас индийские ракеты-носители используются только для запусков спутников, программы пилотируемой космонавтики в стране пока находятся в стадии разработки.
Представители индийской космической организации сообщили, что индийский криогенный двигатель для ракеты GSLV-D3 уже находится на финальной стадии сборки, запуск ракеты должен произойти примерно во второй половине апреля. GSLV-D3 предстоит вывести на геостационарную орбиту тяжелый телекоммуникационный спутник.
Ракета-носитель GSLV-D3 имеет длину 49 метров, вес более 400 тонн и может выводить спутники на орбиту высотой до 36 000 км. Разработки этой ракеты в Индии начались еще 90-х годах.
 
http://www.cybersecurity.ru/space/89989.html