India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency official said Monday.
To meet the rising demand for multiple space-based services spanning communication, navigation and earth observation, we are enhancing our capacity in terms of rockets, satellites and ground-based systems, state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan said at a space summit here.
Unveiling the country's ambitious projects and missions at a round-table meeting on Space Vision 2020 and Beyond, Radhakrishnan said for optimal utilisation of space resources cost-effectively, ISRO was building heavier rockets and dedicated satellites for communications and television broadcasting, remote sensing and navigation applications.
We are doubling our rocket launches soon to deploy as many heavier communication and earth-observation satellites for meeting the growing demand of service providers, state-run organisations and security agencies, Radhakrishnan told about 2,000 delegates participating in the 39th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (Cospar 2012) being held here.
The fuelling of the second stage of an Indian rocket that will launch seven satellites into space has been completed and it is expected to lift off around 6 pm Monday, an official of the Indian space agency said.
President Pranab Mukherjee is slated to witness the launch of the first of the 10 space missions planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) in 2013.
The 44.4-metre tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C20 (PSLV-C20) rocket, with a lift-off weight of 229.7 tonnes, will launch seven satellites into orbit - one Indo-French and six foreign satellites.
The seven satellites together weigh 668.5 kg. The entire flight sequence - from lift-off to the ejection of the seventh satellite at an altitude of 794 km above the earth - will take around 22 minutes.
Chennai: The fuelling of the second stage of the Indian rocket that would sling seven satellites into space has been completed and it is expected to lift off around 6 pm on Monday, an official of the Indian space agency said.
President Pranab Mukherjee is slated to witness the launch of the first of the 10 space missions planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2013.
The 44.4-metre tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C20 (PSLV-C20) rocket, with a lift-off weight of 229.7 tonnes, will sling into orbit seven satellites - one Indo-French and six foreign satellites.
Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) work in the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) control room at the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN), a network of large antennas and communication facilities that support India's interplanetary spacecraft missions, located at Byalalu village about 50 kms from Bangalore city on May 28, 2013. The ISRO inaugurated the Satellite Navigation Centre for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System at the IDSN facility today.
Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) work in the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) control room at the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN), a network of large antennas and communication facilities that support India's interplanetary spacecraft missions, located at Byalalu village about 50 kms from Bangalore city on May 28, 2013. The ISRO inaugurated the Satellite Navigation Centre for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System at the IDSN facility today.
Scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) work in the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) control room at the Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN), a network of large antennas and communication facilities that support India's interplanetary spacecraft missions, located at Byalalu village about 50 kms from Bangalore city on May 28, 2013. The ISRO inaugurated the Satellite Navigation Centre for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System at the IDSN facility today.
