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  • ISRO to build 15 PSLV launcher by decade end

    ISRO to build 15 PSLV launcher by decade end

    NEW DELHI: A total of 15 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) launchers worth Rs 3090 crore have been sanctioned by the Government for being built during 2017-20. 

     

    The launchers proposed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the coming years (that is till March 2017) include ten PSLV, two Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles (GSLV) and one developmental flight of GSLV Mk III. 

     

    The indigenous GSLV will launch 2-ton class of communication satellites in space. 

     

    Space Department sources said ISRO has been utilising the Indian industry for the manufacturing and production of the various components and sub-assemblies required for the development of space technology since 1976. In order to ensure the smooth supply chain of hardware, components and sub-systems, ISRO is planning to magnify the role of industry partners by increasing the scope of work from sub-system/hardware level to system level in a phased manner.

     

    The entire gamut of activities that goes into the realization of the launch vehicles or satellites could be performed by the industry, except mission critical activities and launch operations. 

  • Space Department launches augmented reality app for Android

    Space Department launches augmented reality app for Android

    NEW DELHI: An augmented reality application – ‘Sakaar’ – which is a live direct view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated 3D models, animations, videos etc. has been launched by the Government.

     

    DECU-ISRO has developed this application for Android devices, which was launched by Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh.

     

    The technology enhances the user’s current perception of reality. Augmentation is in real time and the information is overlaid on the live view of the device’s camera. Essentially, AR requires three elements: Android device with back camera, AR application, AR Markers. The multimedia content, which is embedded in the Sakaar app, is generated with the support of multimedia and editing facilities of DECU-ISRO.

     

    Sakaar consists of 3D models of MOM, RISAT, rockets (PSLV, GSLV Mk-III); videos of INSAT 3D-predicting cyclones, GSLV D5/Cryo, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) orbit insertion, launch video of MOM, 360 degree animated view of MOM; Anaglyph of Mars surface.

     

    The sakaar app is loaded on webpage with the URL: http://www.sac.gov.in/SACSITE/sakaar/index.html. User can scan the QR code using a QR code reader on the device for downloading the app.