RESOURCESAT-2,YOUTHSAT,X-Sat = PSLV-C16- 20.04.11 08:42 ЛМВ

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/22/stories/2010072256672200.htm

The integration of the four stages of the PSLV-C16 will begin in the first launch pad in August. The rocket will put in orbit three satellites — Resourcesat – 2, Youthsat and a satellite from Singapore. Resourcesat-2 and Youthsat belong to India. Youthsat will carry a Russian payload as well.

The launch of GSLV-F06, according to the VSSC Director, would take place in October. The PSLV-C16 would lift off two weeks later.

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В полёт идут два долгостроя  YOUTHSAT :

http://www.rian.ru/science/20081022/153631237.html
http://www.gisa.ru/32478.html?action=print
http://www.sinp.msu.ru/editorial/reportages/youthsat/page.html
http://www.icast.org.in/news/2008/feb08/feb01ha.pdf
http://space.msu.ru/projects/planned/YouthSat/

и X-Sat:

http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/x-sat.htm
http://rian.ru/science/20100329/216906448.html
http://www.dlr.de/iaa.symp/Portaldata/49/Resources/dokumente/archiv4/IAA-B4-0506P.pdf
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/mcloughlin/Projects/index.html

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http://www.spacenews.com/satellite_telecom/100903-comdev-ousts-ceo.html

Peter Mabson, president of the exactEarth division, said the launch of the company's AIS payload on India's Resourcesat 2 Earth observation satellite aboard India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket has been delayed until November.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ISRO-to-launch-two-more-satellites-by-December/articleshow/6502654.cms

The Indian Space Research Organization ( ISRO) has planned two more launches a PSLV and a GSLV mission in December.

The first would be PSLV-C16 mission which would place Resourcesat satellite and two other satellites -- a 90 kg satellite developed by Singapore University and a 90 kg Youthsat, developed by students of Russian and Indian universities -- in orbit.

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ISRO-to-replace-two-ageing-satellites-in-December/articleshow/6613922.cms

23 Sep, 2010, 05.38PM IST,IANS
ISRO to replace two ageing satellites in December

CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to replace two of its ageing satellites with new ones by December, an official said on Thursday.

The agency is planning to send in space two rockets for the purpose.

First to fly towards the heavens will be ISRO's heavy rocket - the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) - sometime during the second week of December carrying a communication satellite GSAT 5 - intended to replace the ageing INSAT 2E.

"The INSAT 2E was launched in 1999 and is nearing the end of its life. The GSAT 5 with 36 transponders will be its replacement. Further, the new satellite is also expected to fill the void created by the partial failure of INSAT 4B," ISRO's director (publications and public relations) S. Satish said.

Earlier this year, ISRO lost 50 percent of the INSAT-4B's transponder capacity (12 transponders) owing to a power snag.

The GSLV rocket is being readied at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota around 80 km from here.

ISRO officials, not wanting to be identified, told IANS a small snag was detected in one of the GSLV rocket's sub-systems. The component is being replaced after extensive testing.

Officials said the rocket's first stage is ready and other stages are being readied and the satellite weighing around 2,300 kg is expected to arrive at the launch centre sometime next month.

"The rocket assembling activity at the second launch pad will continue till Oct 25. Between that date and November, no assembling work will be carried out as the period is prone to cyclones," an official told IANS.

After the GSLV, it will be turn of ISRO's lighter rocket, the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), which will be carrying a remote sensing satellite - Resourcesat-2. Piggy-backing on it will be two small satellites made in Singapore and Russia.

Remote sensing satellites send back pictures and other data for use. India is a major player in vending such data in the global market.

"The Resourcesat-2 will be the replacement for Resourcesat-1 launched in 2003. For sometime both will work together," Satish said.

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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/satellite-assist-ships-distress-648

Satellite to assist ships in distress[/size]
September 27th, 2010

Sept. 26: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will soon join a select group of institutions providing rescue and relief support to ships in distress across the globe.

India's Resourcesat-2, the remote sensing satellite to be launched this December will carry on board a state-of-the-art Space-Based Automatic Identification System (AIS-SB) meant to track ships and report if they are in trouble, said an Isro spokesman.

"The payload was built by COMDEV of Canada, a group known for its expertise in space engineering and hardware," S. Satish, director (public relations and publications) told Deccan Chronicle. "The AIS-SB will monitor the movement of all ships registered with us on a round-the-clock basis irrespective of their location. We will be able to offer instant rescue and relief operations to the ships if there is any accident."

He said this will be the first time an instrument of this kind will be used in an Indian satellite.

Mr Satish also pointed out that Isro's move to have a space-based automatic identification system of its own was in response to the rapid growth of the shipping industry globally. "Any distress call will be picked up by the AIS-SB and relayed to the agencies concerned for immediate action," he added.

Bhaskar Kunhi, chief pilot, Cochin Port Trust, welcomed the AIS-SB. "Our sailors are dependent on INMARSAT, the international marine satellites for all communication purposes. The AIS-SB will make it easy for our ships to communicate much faster," he said.

Mr Satish pointed out that a similar space-based automatic identification system had played a pivotal role in providing security for the Vancouver Olympics held earlier this year.

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http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_india-plans-two-rocket-launches-in-december_1461634

Preparations are also in full swing for the launch of the PSLV-C16 which would carry on board India's advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 and auxiliary spacecraft of Youthsat and X-sat, expected towards the end of December.

Resourcesat-2 is intended to replace Resourcesat-1, launched in October 2003, which has outlived its designed mission life of five years but continues to work satisfactorily, ISRO sources said.

"Resourcesat-2 is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 to provide data continuity. Suitable changes including miniaturisation in payload electronics have been incorporated in Resourcesat-2", an ISRO official told Press Trust of India.

Resourcesat's images are being used for advanced applications such as vegetation dynamics, crop yield estimates and disaster management support.

Youthsat, a micro satellite, is a participatory scientific mission with one payload from Russia and two from India, carrying scientific payloads with participation from universities at graduate, postgraduate and research scholar level. The universities would participate from testing of the payloads in laboratory to the utilisation of the data.

Participation of young scientists is intended to inculcate interest in space-related activities and provide opportunities for realisation of future scientific payloads at the university level.

X-sat is the first locally made satellite in Singapore. It is designed and built by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in the city-state

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ISRO-to-send-up-new-communication-satellite-in-2010/articleshow/6900651.cms

10 Nov, 2010, 01.40PM IST,IANS

Though ISRO is aiming to send its remote sensing/earth observation satellite Resourcesat-2 before this year on its lighter rocket polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), officials do not discount the possibility of a launch early next year.

Piggy-backing on it will be two small satellites made in Singapore and Russia.

Remote sensing satellites send back earth pictures and other data for use. India is a major player in vending such data in the global market.

"Resourcesat-2 will be the replacement for Resourcesat-1 launched in 2003. For some time, both will work together," Satish added.

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/14/stories/2010111464371000.htm

Also to be launched next year, the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), a microwave remote sensing satellite, will provide all-weather surveillance. Hylas, a communication satellite, would be launched on November 27; GSAT -5P in December and RESOURCESAT- 2 along with YOUTHSAT in January 2011.

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http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=13802

Российско-индийский студенческий спутник "ЮтСат" в конце декабря - начале января будет выведен на орбиту[/size]
:: 20.11.2010

Россия и Индия определили окончательные сроки запуска молодежного спутника "ЮтСат". Об этом сообщил заместитель руководителя Роскосмоса Анатолий Шилов в кулуарах 16-го заседания российско-индийской межправительственной комиссии по торгово-экономическому, научно-техническому и культурному сотрудничеству.

"В конце декабря - начале января студенческий спутник "ЮтСат" будет выведен на орбиту", - сказал А.Шилов. По его словам, запуск состоится с индийской площадки Шрихарикота /штат Андхра-Прадеш/.

А.Шилов напомнил, что в проекте участвуют студенты Московского государственного университета, с индийской стороны в нем задействованы студенты четырех университетов Индии. "Спутник будет запущен на индийской ракете", - сказал он.

Как отмечает ИТАР-ТАСС, решение о реализации российско-индийского студенческого спутникового проекта было принято в январе 2007 г. Он направлен на развитие контактов между молодежью двух стран.

ПРАЙМ-ТАСС

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http://www.zeenews.com/news669217.html

Resourcesat-2 satellite launch in January: ISRO[/size]
Updated on Friday, November 19, 2010, 21:21

Bangalore: India's premier space agency ISRO will launch Resourcesat-2 advanced remote sensing satellite on board home-made PSLV rocket in January.

The Bangalore-headquartered space agency held a mission readiness review in the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh today during which ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan and top ISRO officials were present.

The standard PSLV-C16, with six strap-on boosters, would carry Resourcesat-2, auxiliary spacecraft of Youthsat and X-sat.

Resourcesat-2 is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 to provide data continuity. Resourcesat-1, launched in October 2003, has outlived its designed mission life of five years and is working satisfactorily, ISRO sources said.

Youthsat, a microsatellite, is a participatory scientific mission with a payload from Russia and two from India. It is a micro satellite carrying scientific payloads. X-sat is Singapore's first indigenous satellite.

Meanwhile, ISRO is slated to hold tomorrow a mission readiness review vis-a-vis GSLV mission, which is expected in the last week of December. GSLV would carry on board GSAT-5P, an exclusive C-band communication satellite with a designedmission life of 12 years.

PTI

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/engineering/India-to-launch-advanced-communication-satellite-Dec-20/articleshow/7092073.cms

ISRO is also likely to begin the New Year with the launch of Resourcesat-2, an earth observation satellite.

Remote sensing satellites send back pictures and other data for use. India is a major player in vending such data in the global market.

"Resourcesat-2 will be the replacement for Resourcesat-1, launched in 2003. For some time, both will work together," Satish added.

Piggy-backing on it will be two small satellites made in Singapore and Russia .

The satellites will be carried by ISRO's another rocket called polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) and the launch date is around Jan 20.

According to ISRO officials the Resourcesat-2 and another small satellite are expected to reach Sriharikota by December end.

ISRO this year launched two major satellites - communication satellite GSAT-4 and remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2. While the launch of GSAT-4 failed as the GSLV rocket carrying it plunged into the sea due to an engine failure, Cartosat-2 was placed successfully in the orbit.

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article979370.ece

The ISRO would launch a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) from Sriharikota in the first week of February 2011. The rocket would put in orbit India's Resourcesat-2, Youthsat with payloads from Russia and India, and X-Sat from Singapore.

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UN/Austria/ESA Symposium on Small Satellite Programmes for Sustainable Development: Payloads for Small Satellite Programmes, 21-24 September 2010[/size]
Capabilities of Satellite of ISRO for serving Various Payloads

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http://www.forestlaneshul.com/isro-to-launch-singapores-first-satellite-in-february-14139.html

ISRO to launch Singapore's first satellite in February[/size]

Posted: 6-Jan-11 in Miscellaneous by Malikamal Johns

The first ever satellite of Singapore-X-Sat, is expected to launch in February by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Reportedly, the satellite was to be launched in 2007 but because of some technical and other problems that launch has been delayed. However, the problem was not revealed added the report.

The report further added that because of delay the in launch the cost of X-Sat increased four times than expected (the expected estimation was 10 million SD).

As per report of sources, the X-Sat would launched by using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which had put 38 satellites successfully into the space out of 40 launches since its first launch in 1933. The report further added that the X-Sat was a refrigerator size micro satellite, which would be in orbit, at a height of 800, for three years.

While informing about the tasks performed by X-Sat the source informed that the satellite would take photographs to measure the soil erosion and environment changes on Earth, then relay them to a ground station at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU).

Speaking to the media persons a NTU spokesperson informed that the experiment micro satellite was in its final phase of the preparation leading to its assembly on the PSLV rocket and the stringent checks would be performed before the launch. The NTU spokesperson further added that ISRO had not declared any launch date.

K Radhakrishnan, the Chairman of ISRO, said that the PSLV was in its assembling stage and 100-Kg X-Sat would be one the three riding on the PSLV rocket.

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/isro-to-launch-singapores-first-satellite-in-orbit-in-feb/articleshow/7214884.cms

4 Jan, 2011, 11.01AM IST,PTI
ISRO to launch Singapore's first satellite in orbit in Feb[/size]

SINGAPORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch Singapore's first satellite in orbit next month.

The launch of the satellite, dubbed X-Sat, has been delayed since 2007.

Experts estimated that the delay has raised the cost of satellite four-fold to more than 40 million Singaporean dollar from earlier estimates of 10 million, according to a report in The Straits Times today.

No reasons were given for the delay in the launch of X-Sat last month (December 2010) and it was not linked to the failure of ISRO's Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle on Christmas Day.

The X-Sat would be ride on Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which has made 17 launches since its maiden flight in 1993, and have successfully put 38 satellites into the space out of the 40.

The X-Sat, a refrigerator-sized micro-satellite, would be in orbit for three years at a height of 800 km.

It would take photographs to measures soil erosion and environmental changes on Earth, then relay them to a ground station at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

"The experimental micro-satellite is in the final phase of preparation leading to its assembly on the PSLV rocket. Stringent checks would be carried out before the launch," the paper quoted a NTU spokesman as saying.

But Isro has not set a launch date, the spokesman added.

ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said the PSLV was in the assembling stage.

"We will be doing the flight testing stage later in January, and are expecting it to be launched in the first week of February," he was quoted as saying in recent media reports.

The 100-kg X-Sat would be one of the three riding on the PSLV rocket, said Radhakrishnan.

The X-Sat would make Singapore one of the first Southeast Asian countries to have locally-built satellite in space. The satellite is built by NTU, one of Singapore's top universities and research and development centres.

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http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/satellites/20110117_quarter.html

ISRO has a busy quarter ahead[/size]   
17 January 2011    

Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO has a busy schedule ahead of it this quarter with three major missions planned, including launch of an advanced remote sensing satellite, the Resourcesat-2.

The organisation has also pinpointed the cause of the recent failure of the prestigious Geo-Stationary Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and is now engaged in detailed evaluation and studies.

"The coming three months are going to be eventful with three major milestones to be achieved," ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan told an international conference here.

"We have three major missions slated to be done in coming February, March and April. Among them Resourcesat-2 is meant to replace Resourcesat-1, launched in 2003, to provide data connectivity," he said.

He also informed the audience that the home-grown PSLV-C16 launch vehicle had been assembled at the Sriharikota spaceport and two satellites, Resourcesat-2 and Youthsat, with advanced optical payloads, were being readied for shipment prior to launch.

'Youthsat', a participatory scientific mission with payloads from Russia and India and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, will be launched on board the ISRO workhorse, the PSLV C-16, he said.

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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/isro-to-launch-three-satellite-in-q1-of-2011/140701-11.html

"We have three major missions slated to be done in coming February, March and April months. Among them Resourcesat-2 is meant to replace Resourcesat-1, launched in 2003, to provide data connectivity," Dr Radhakrishnan during his presidential address to an international conference on Contemporary trends in Optics and Optoelectronics at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre here.

"The 'Youthsat' would carry a payload developed by the students of Moscow University in Russia," he told the meet organised by Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) and Optical Society of India (OSI).

"PSLV-C16 vehicle has already been assembled at the space port at Sreeharikota. Resourcesat-2 and Youthsat are getting ready for shipment to SHAR from the ISRO's centres. Both these satellites carry a host of advance optical payloads," he said.

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Т.е. пуск в феврале, но дата его не названа.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/resourcesat-2-launch-by-endfeb-isro/422440/

Resourcesat-2 launch by end of Feb: ISRO[/size]
BS Reporter / Chennai/ Bangalore January 21, 2011, 0:25 IST

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which had a recent setback with the failure of Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-FO6) mission carrying its latest communication satellite GSAT-5P, will launch Resourcesat-2, a remote sensing satellite using PSLV C-16 version rocket by end of February 2011, said a top ISRO official.

"We will be launching three satellites in the next three months. They are PSLV C-16, PSLV C-17, and Resourcesat-2 and a series of communication satellites during the next year," K Radhakrishnan, chairman, ISRO said.

He told reporters on the sidelines of IMTEX 2011 here on Thursday he said the expert committee reports commissioned by ISRO on failures of GSLV on December 25 will be submitted by end of January.

ISRO would be launching 'Resourcesat-2', an advanced remote sensing satellite, 'Youthsat', a participatory scientific mission with payloads from both Russia and India, and X-sat, Singapore's first indigenous satellite, onboard the homemade PSLV C-16 during February, March and April.

Resourcesat-2 is meant to replace Resourcesat-1, launched in 2003, to provide data connectivity.

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http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/01/26/352300/india-looks-to-get-back-on-track-with-pslv-launch.html

26/01/11
SOURCE:Flight International
India looks to get back on track with PSLV launch[/size]
By Radhakrishna Rao

The Indian Space Research Organisation hopes to put itself back on a winning trajectory with its first launch since the spectacular failure of its first two attempts to fly its GSLV rocket in April and December 2010.

Scheduled for the first quarter of this year, the launch, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota island, off India's eastern coast, will see ISRO's workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carry a three-satellite payload.

Featuring four alternate liquid- and solid-fuel stages, the PSLV is ISRO's first operational launch vehicle and has a sound track record of carrying out multiple launches. Weighing 295t at launch and standing 44.9m (147ft) tall in standard configuration, the PSLV can launch either a 1,600kg (3,500lb) satellite into a Sun-synchronous/polar orbit or a 1,050kg satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit.

The PSLV's first stage is one of the largest solid-propellant boosters in the world, carrying 139t of fuel. A cluster of six strap-ons are attached to the first-stage motor; four of these are ignited on the ground and two are air-lit.

ISRO describes the PSLV as reliable and versatile, having achieved a run of 16 successful flights through to its last mission in July 2010. Payloads have been orbited on commercial terms for clients in Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, South Korea and Switzerland.

Although the PSLV was developed as a workhorse for launching India's 1t class Earth observation satellites in polar/Sun-synchronous orbit, it has evolved into a versatile launcher capable of delivering payloads into near-Earth, middle-Earth and geostationary transfer orbits.

The larger, 49m-tall, 414t GSLV was designed to give India self-reliant capability to launch its Insat series of domestic communications satellites, which weigh 2,000-2,500kg. Most of the Insat satellites now in operation have been launched by the European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rockets.

The GSLV, and particularly a home-grown cryogenic engine for it, also holds the key to the ISRO's high-profile mission plans, including the 2013 launch of the Chandrayaan-II Moon mission and a human flight mission planned for 2016.

The failed 15 April GSLV mission was propelled by a home-grown cryogenic engine stage, carrying 12.5t of liquid oxygen and hydrogen. The rocket that failed on 25 December featured a Russian cryogenic engine.

ISRO began developing an indigenous cryogenic engine in the early 1990s, but has still not been able to qualify the home-grown cryo stage. Since then, it has used six out of seven cryogenic engine stages supplied by Russia under an agreement made after the USA prevented Russia from transferring cryogenic engine technology to ISRO in 1992.

ISRO is also developing a Mark III version of the GSLV that will be capable of placing a 4t-class satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. The three-stage, 629t heavy GSLV-MKIII calls for a cryogenic upper stage with a 25t loading of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

The forthcoming PSLV launch is planned to orbit India's advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-II, envisaged as a follow-on to Resourcesat-1, which was launched in 2003. As piggyback payloads, the rocket will carry Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's 100kg X-sat micro satellite and Youthsat, an Indo-Russian micro satellite carrying payloads designed by university students.

A second PSLV launch is due in the second quarter, to put India's 1,375kg GSat-12 communications satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. It will replace Insat-3B, which was launched in March 2000.