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2007-05-11 India-Pakistan

India to launch 3 more foreign satellites

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 One of these foreign satellites is the Israeli synthetic aperture radar spy satellite Polaris (formerly TechSAR).

There are reports that an "unnamed" country has co-funded TechSAR development in exchange for one of the birds. It seems this country is India. Other reports claim that India bought one of the Israeli Ofeq optical spy satellites and that Israel and India will share imagery from their birds.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-11 06:10|| 2007-05-11 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 On April 23, an Indian-made rocket launched with Italys Agile astronomical satellite

Photos of the bird and launch vehicle assembly here

PSLV - C8 Mission Photo Gallery

While the international rates for launching a satellite ranged between $10,000 and $15,000, Antrix charged $ 29,000 a kg because Agile had to be put in a specific orbit of about 550 km at a low inclination of 2.5 degrees to the equator, said Mr. Sridhara Murthi. This was a difficult orbit and inclination to achieve, and hence the premium rates.

G. Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman, said the accuracy of the PSLV-C8 mission could be gauged from the fact while the vehicle was to put Agile into a circular orbit 550 km above the earth at an inclination of 2.5 degrees, what was achieved was an orbit between 549 km and 551 km at an inclination of 2.46 degrees. "For any launch vehicle, it is a remarkable achievement," he said. It proved the performance of the PSLV-C8's navigation, guidance and control systems.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-11 06:19|| 2007-05-11 06:19|| Front Page Top

#3 India may delay its own launches to accommodate the foreign customers..
it seems the 2007 AstroSAT launch has been dealyed to 2008.

Astrosat

ASTROSAT is currently proposed as a multi-wavelength astronomy mission on an IRS-class satellite into a near-Earth, equatorial orbit by the PSLV. The 5 instruments on board cover the UV(1000-3000 A), soft and hard x-ray regimes (0.3 - 8 keV; 2 - 100 keV). This will be the first dedicated Indian astronomy satellite.

Posted by John Frum 2007-05-11 06:32|| 2007-05-11 06:32|| Front Page Top

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