This report highlights the potential opportunities of space-enabled technologies for delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals and proposes science, technology and innovation policy options for harnessing
Astronauts living on the International Space Station soon will take recycling to new extremes: They'll get some of their drinking water from the toilet. NASA has spent decades perfecting a system to transform urine into water that can be used in space for drinking, food preparation and washing. Agency officials say the water from the system will be cleaner than U.S. tap water.
The anxiety at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre was palpable. As the countdown ended, ISRO's chairman G. Madhavan Nair and his team could hardly believe their eyes. ISRO's pride was skyrocketing. Despite their optimism, it was a nail-biting launch when Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off with 10 satellites from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on April 28.
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One rocket Ten satellites. ISRO's PSLV triumph helps it zoom into a niche orbit.
The North East Space Application Centre (NESAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has agreed in principle to introduce joint courses in the areas of Atmospheric Physics and Satellite Communication with Gauhati University (GU). The ISRO centre has also proposed to collaborate with GU for design of sensor relevant for monitoring natural resources of the NE region via satellite.
THE champion of technological success on a "shoe-string budget' has done it again. By successfully launching 10 satellites in one go on a PSLV rocket, ISRO has further reinforced PSLV's record as a reliable, low-cost launcher in the international launch market. PSLV C-9 took off on Monday carrying two Indian satellites, the second edition of CARTOSAT, similar in capability to the first, and the first of a series of Indian mini satellites, called the Indian Mini Satellite (IMS)-1. The other eight satellites were very small systems, belonging to several foreign universities.
The 50-hour countdown for the lift-off of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday morning is under way. The vehicle will put as many as 10 satellites in orbit. If the countdown, which began at 7.23 a.m. on Saturday proceeds without any "hold,' the PSLV-C9 will surge into space from the world-class second launch pad at 9.23 a.m. on Monday. Nano satellites
The launch of two remote-sensing satellites today is part of ISRO's plans for expanding its constellation of earth-observing satellites. Twenty years ago, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the country's first operational earth-observation satellite, the IRS-1A. In the years since then, ISRO has sent up 10 more remote-sensing satellites. (Six of these satellites are currently operational, including the ageing IRS-1D, which was launched more than 10 years ago with a design life of three years and is reportedly used sparingly these days.)
In a significant development, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the project report on the proposed Indian manned space mission slated for a takeoff in 2015. According to its chairman G.Madhavan Nair, the report will soon be submitted to the Government for approval. "We are basically targeting a seven-year period, planning to launch the mission in 2015 for which there is good clarity on the roadmap such as the technologies required, the estimated Rs.10,0000-million for the mission, the agencies who would be participating and so on," observed Nair.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), the country's elite space research agency, plans to launch 10 satellites next Monday from its space port at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The 10 satellites to be launched by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle include the country's Cartosat-2A, a 76-kg mini-satellite and eight nano satellites built by universities in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Indonesia. This is a new world record, according to a senior Isro scientist.
