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RECENT INDIAN SPACE MISSIONS UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 2019
Transcript of RECENT INDIAN SPACE MISSIONS UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 2019
RECENT INDIAN SPACE MISSIONS–UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 2019 i
Presentation to56th Session of STSC- UNCOPUOS
Vienna, Austria
Mr. P KunhikrishnanDirector, U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
Indian Space Research Organization Government of India
Overall Accomplishments : 178 missions
70 LVMISSIONS
44 successful flights
6 successive successful flights with Indigenous Cryo Stage
GSLV Mk III
269 Satellites of 33 countries
• Remote Sensing• Communication• Navigation• Space Science
103 Satellites
Space Capsule
Recovery
Experiment
Crew Module
Atmospheric
Re-entry Experiment
Reusable Launch
Vehicle
Technology
Demonstrator
Scramjet Engine
Technology
Demonstrator
Space Technology Applications
5 Experimental missions
10
Student
satellites
Crew Escape System
at Launchpad
• SLV• ASLV• PSLV• GSLV
4 PSLV
C40, C41,
C42, C43,
C44
Mission Accomplished in 2018
2 GSLV
F08, F11
1 GSLV MkIII
D2
CES
PAT
Cartosat-2
IRNSS 1I
GSAT-29
GSAT-11
GSAT-7A
Jan, Apr, Mar, Dec Nov JulySep, Nov, Jan
HYSIS
60
Foreign
satellites
GSAT 31
PSLV
PSLV-C40
12th Jan 201809.29hrs IST
• 31 satellites onboard• 28 customer satellites
PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Mission
Earth Observation satellite Cartographic applications, urban & rural applications,coastal land use & regulation, utility management likeroad network monitoring, water distribution, creationof land use maps, Land Information System, GISapplications.
40th Successful Mission of PSLV
Cartosat -2F
PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I MISSION
12th April 201804.04hrs IST
PSLV-C41
Navigation satellite To provide position information in the Indian region and 1500 km around the Indian mainland.
IRNSS-1I
PSLV-C42/NovaSAR & S1-4 MISSION
16th Sept 201822.08hrs IST
PSLV-C42
NovaSAR
• S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) & Automatic Identification Receiver payloads
• Applications include forestry mapping, land use and ice cover monitoring, flood and disaster monitoring and maritime missions.
S1-4
• A high resolution earth observation satellite.
• Surveying resources, environment monitoring, urban management and disaster monitoring.
NovaSAR and S1-4
PSLV-C43/HySIS MISSION
29th Nov 201809:57:30 (IST)
PSLV-C43 HYSIS
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Mission
PSLV-C44/MICROSAT-R Mission
24th Jan 201923:37 (IST)
PSLV-C44
PSLV-DL (A new variant of PSLV)
Demonstrated Reliability of PSLV : 0.98
Microsat R
Kalamsat-V2
Communication satellite • To provide mobile communication services
through multi beam coverage.• S and C band transponders.
GSLV F08/GSAT -6A Mission
29th March 201816.56 hrs (IST)
5th Successful Mission of GSLV
GSAT- 6AGSLV F08
Communication satellite • To provide communication capability to the
users• Ku-band over the Indian region.
GSLV-F11 / GSAT-7A Mission
19th December 201816.10 hrs (IST)
GSAT- 7AGSLV F11
GSLV MkIII-D2/ GSAT29 MISSION
14th November 201817.08 hrs (IST)
Communication satellite
• Ku-band and Ka-band payloads
• To cater to the communication requirements of usersincluding those from remote areas especially from Jammu &Kashmir and North-Eastern regions of India.
• Q/V-Band communication payload onboard to demonstratethe future high throughput satellite system technologies.
• Optical Communication Payload - to demonstrate datatransmission at a very high rate through opticalcommunication link.
GSLV MkIII D2 GSAT- 29
Launched in Ariane 5 VA-246
GSAT 11 Mission
December 05, 2018
Communication satellite • Advanced communication satellite with
a Gregorian Antenna and many othernew technologies.
• Weighing about 5854 kg, GSAT-11 is theheaviest satellite built by India.
• Boost broadband connectivity to ruraland inaccessible Gram Panchayats inthe country coming under Digital IndiaProgramme.
Launched in Ariane 5 VA-247
GSAT 31 Mission
February 06, 2019
Communication satellite • Ku-band transponder c• To provide continuity to operational
services on some of the in-orbit satellites.
• Derives its heritage from ISRO’s earlier INSAT/GSAT satellite series.
• The satellite provides Indian mainland and island coverage.
• The designed in-orbit operational life is about 15 years.
Successfu l l y conducted on
To prove the concept of Crew Escape
System, by f l ight test ing of the
integrated CES, in a simulated pad
abort scenar io
Pad Abort Test Flight of Crew Escape System
O B J E C T I V E
05th July, 2018 || 07:00 Hrs. IST
ISRO expanded
to one more vertical..
Gaganyaan Programme
Human Space Flight Centre
To launch 3 member crew onboard GSLV Mk-III and bring them back safelybefore 75th Year of Independence in 2022
Lunar Landing Mission- Chandrayaan 2
Forthcoming Mission
Lunar Orbiter, Lander - Rover
Capable of soft landing on a specified lunar site and deploy a Rover to perform mobility and science experiments.