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  • Isro’s 34 meter diameter antenna for moon mission

    BANGALORE: Electronics Corporation of Indian Limited (ECIL) will develop a 34 meter diameter deep space antenna for deep space.

    An MOU had been signed with ISRO to this effect, work has commenced and land acquisition efforts are in progress as per Dr. M Y S Prasad, director of ISRO’s master control facility, Hassan while speaking at the press conference. Prasad announced the launch of the Bangalore based ATREE’s first Eco-Informatics Center, the web-site being www.ecoinfoindia.org. This antenna would be ready for the same by 2008.
     

    As reported earlier, ISRO (The Indian Space Research Organisation) planned to launch 4 satellites this year – the Cartosat-1 -a remote sensing mapping satellite, Insat 4A, the Carrostat-2 and the Insat 4C.

    Cartosat-1 with Hamsat-1 riding piggyback were successfully launched with the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharkota earlier this month.
     
     

    Clearances are awaited from the Europe Launch Agency – Arianespace for launch of the other satellites.

  • Countdown begins for ISRO’s twin satellite launch

    Bangalore: The morning of 3 May, Tuesday saw the start of the countdown for India’s twin satellites- the remote sensing 1560 kg. CARTOSAT-1 and the 42.5 kg. HAMSAT that will ride piggyback on the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-6) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) at the Sriharikota rocket launching station. This is the first time that PSLV will be used for carrying two Indian satellites.
     

    CARTOSAT-1, meant for remote sensing has two cameras with a spatial resolution of 2.5 meters for mapping, town planning and environment sensing, while HAMSAT will provide the UHF-VHF frequency sought after by amateur radio operators.

    Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials admitted that the weather held the key to the timely launch of the vehicle (between 10.15 am and 10.40 am on Thursday, May 5, 2005). Squally weather over the last two days has already resulted in a launch delay of about half an hour.
     
     

    As reported by indiantelvision.com earlier, CARTOSAT-1 is one of the four satellites to be launched in 2005 by ISRO, the others being CARTOSAT-2, ISAT 4A at heavy 3800 kgs and INSAT 4C. The launch of CARTOSAT-2 is scheduled from Kourou in French Guyana in July or August this year.