План индийских космических пусков

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article1819659.ece

Indian Space Research Organisation preparing for three more PSLV launches[/size]

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) braces itself for three more PSLV launches this year, M. Chandradathan, Director, Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, said.

"PSLV C-17 will be launched in July and it will carry GSAT-12, a communication satellite. PSLV-C18 will be launched in September and it will carry a weather forecast satellite. PSLV-C19 with a payload of Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) will be launched by this year end," Mr. Chandradathan said.

Delivering the inaugural address at 'Constellation 2K'11,' a national level technical symposium, organised by Department of Humanities & Sciences, Arunai Engineering College here on Thursday Mr. Chandradathan said that when other countries excel in various branches of engineering India excels in aero space engineering.

"Recently launched PSLV-C16 precisely injected its payloads into intended orbits without wasting even a bit of propellant," he said.

Mr. Chandradathan asked students to be disciplined and cheerful. He said that humans are utilising not more than 10 per cent of the capacity of their brain. He also said in order to optimize minds ability one need to keep a pleasant, happy, and peaceful disposition and keep away worries.

"Even if worry occurs that should not be allowed to stay for long. Start loving your work. Once you start loving your work that will cease be a work," he said.

V. Kanagarajan, Chair Professor, KAV Pandalai memorial AR & DB Chair, MIT, Chennai, in his special address said that India's economy has improved a lot in the last 50 years and India's present education system was superior than most of the countries in the world.

India was the largest producer of automobiles today, he added.

S. Gopinath, Head, Department of Humanities & Sciences welcomed the gathering and P. Jayakumar, principal, delivered the felicitation address.

Later speaking to reporters, Mr. Chandradathan said that building of GSLV-Mk III will be over by 2012 end and launch would be in the next year.

"GSLV-Mk III has three stages. The first stage, Solid propellant booster S-200 has been tested and qualified; Second and liquid propellant stage called L-110 has also been tested. Work is yet to be completed in third and important stage, the cryogenic stage," he said.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/devangshu-datta-back-in-orbit/434600/

PSLV are workhorses with respectable payloads of about 1600 kg. In 2011, PSLVs will launch GSAT-12, the Megha-Tropiques satellite, GSAT-6 and Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), all from Sriharikota. Another GSAT would also be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, by an Ariane rocket from Arianespace in June 2011.

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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/isro-to-launch-french-satellite-in-2012/435394/

ISRO to launch French satellite in 2012[/size]
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar May 13, 2011, 0:59 IST

Continuing its programme of commercial launch of foreign satellites, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has lined up launch of an image capturing satellite of France next year, according to Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan, director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), a unit of ISRO.

"Because of our cost effective technology, many developed nations, including France and the US are willing to launch their satellites with our system. Many smaller and mini satellite launching programmes on commercial basis are in offing," Veeraraghavan said while attending the National Technology Day seminar organised by National Aluminum Company (Nalco) here yesterday.

The French satellite SPOT (Satellite Pour l'observation de la Terre) is a high-resolution, optical imaging, earth observation satellite system. Currently SPOT 5 is working in the space and is expected to be withdrawn by the end of 2013. India will launch the SPOT 6 satellite, which will provide continuous high definition images of earth.

Due to the cost effectiveness of India-made PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles), many countries prefer India to launch their satellites. Recently ISRO successfully placed Singapore's first experimental satellite in space. India has so far launched 27 foreign satellites and 60 India-made satellites.

Currently, it costs $25,000 per kg to launch a satellite. The satellites can weigh 500 to 5,000 kg. Sometimes mini-satellites weighing 15-20 kg are bundled with the rocket and are placed in desired orbits.

However, profit realisation from satellite launch is currently lower because of high cost of fuel and one-time use of the rockets. Veeraraghvan said, ISRO is working on a project to develop reusable satellite launcher.

"The reusable spacecraft would minimise the launching cost by 90 percent. We have set 2030 as deadline to reach this goal," he said.

In next five years, ISRO has plans to launch one ASTROSAT, which is a low cost version of Hubble Telescope, one GPS navigation satellite and a special satellite that can provide Internet services, informed the VSSC director.

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http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/isro-reschedules-moon-mission-chandrayaan-2/1/138213.html

ISRO puts on hold moon mission Chandrayaan 2[/size]
Max Martin  | Bangalore, May 15, 2011 | Updated 08:07 IST

Two consecutive failures of GSLV flights, including the GSLV-F06 in December last year, has prompted ISRO to review the GSLV programme and reschedule the Chandrayaan 2 mission.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to review the entire Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme that involved two crashes last year and one in 2006.

As a result, all major launches, including the second moon mission - Chandrayaan 2 - are being rescheduled. The space agency had earlier announced that it would be using the last of the seven cryogenic engines it had sourced from Russia, but is now uncertain about it.

A meeting of the Space Commission on June 1 is expected to advice the ISRO on the future course of the GSLV, ISRO chairman Dr K. Radhakrishnan said on Saturday. "We want to make GSLV a reliable vehicle," Radhakrishnan said, adding that the reassessment of the programme is priority work considering its importance in future missions.

The derailment of the GSLV programme is going to affect the launch of Chandrayaan-2, which now stands postponed by nearly two years. It will now be launched in 2014. The next flight of GSLV with an Indian cryogenic engine is now slated for 2012. If successful, it will be used for the second moon mission in 2014.

A modified version of GSLV is the preferred vehicle for the yet-to-be cleared manned mission to moon too, for which critical technology and human safety features are being developed, scientists said. According to Radhakrishnan, the 2012-GSLV flight will be a litmus test for the space agency.  "On that flight we don't want to put a high-technology satellite," he said. He informed that the launch vehicle will carry a two-tonne communication satellite called GSAT 6. If that goes well then another two-tonne satellite, GSAT 7, will be put into orbit using the GSLV.

A panel led by former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair has done a failure analysis of the crash of GSLV-F06 flight on December 25 last year and identified a design problem in the shroud at the bottom of the Russian-made cryogenic stage. Cryogenic technology holds importance as it is crucial for economic and efficient launch of heavy satellites.

The Christmas day fiasco had closely followed the crash of GSLV with an Indian cryogenic phase on its test flight on April 15 last year. "The problem involved a faulty fuel pump and the precision mechanics of its motor is being tweaked by ISRO experts," Radhakrishnan said.

Earlier, the GSLV-F02 that launched INSAT-4C on July 10, 2006 was unsuccessful too. All the seven flights of GSLV so far have been reviewed by a panel led by former ISRO chairman K. Kasturirangan. The panel submitted its report in the last week of April.

A third panel that includes veteran scientists Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Prof MGK Menon and Prof Yashpal is reviewing the two reports together and will advise ISRO accordingly, Radhakrishnan said. He added that the Russian space agency that supplied the seven cryogenic upper stages has acknowledged ISRO's concern regarding the design problem in GSLV- F06. S. Ramakrishnan, director of ISRO Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Valiamala, said that the problem had been noticed earlier too, though it did not cause an accident.

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http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/india-linesthree-pslv-launches-this-year_543508.html

India lines up three PSLV launches this year[/size]
Published on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:36 |  Source : PTI

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is lining up three PSLV launches from Sriharikota spaceport by October this year, its Chairman K Radhakrishnan said today.

He said PSLV-C17 would launch GSAT-12, equipped with 12 extended C-band transponders, in July.

PSLV-C18 and PSLV-C19 would launch Megha-tropiques, an Indo-French joint mission, and microwave remote-sensing satellite, RISAT-1, with synthetic aperture radar during September-October this year.

ISRO officials said India''s GSAT-8 satellite is scheduled to be launched by European space consortium Arianespace''s Ariane-5 rocket at 0207 hours (IST) on May 20 from French Guiana.

Radhakrishnan said GSAT-8, one of the heaviest satellites built by ISRO, weighs 3100 kg at lift-off and is equipped with 24 Ku-band transponders which would augment direct-to-home services.

Meanwhile, ISRO officials said the Failure Analysis Committee, headed by former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair, set up by ISRO following the failure of the GSLV-F06 mission, and the Programme Review and Strategy Committee, chaired by K Kasturirangan, to look into the future of the GSLV programme, have submitted their reports.

Reports of these committees are currently being reviewed by eminent national experts, including Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Prof. M G K Menon, Prof. Yash Pal, Prof. U R Rao, Dr. R Chidambaram and Prof. R Narasimha, officials said.

Radhakrishnan said the Space Commission at its meeting scheduled on May 24 would look at the reviews.

He refused to give a time-line for India''s ambitious human space flight programme, saying: "Now, with the state of GSLV (proposed to be used for this mission), first priority is to make the GSLV a reliable vehicle".
Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, T K Alex, echoed Radhakrishnan''s position, saying there are "issues" regarding GSLV and ISRO is "concerned about" GSLV.

The GSLV-F06, with GSAT-5P on board, failed on December 25 last year in a set-back to ISRO. On the controversial Antrix-Devas deal -- Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO --, Radhakrishnan reiterated that the Government has annulled the contract.

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http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_isro-gears-up-for-4-launches-this-year_1543398

Isro gears up for 4 launches this year[/size]
Published: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 11:43 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch four satellites this year. The first to be launched would be the communication satellite GSAT-8 onboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on May 20.

The GSAT-8 spacecraft is envisaged to augment the growing need of Ku-band transponders carries 24-Ku Band transponders and 2-Channel GAGAN (GPS and GEO Augmented navigation) payloads.

This will be followed by the PSLV C-17, which will be launched in mid-July. The PSLV C-17 will carry GSAT-12, a communication satellite. Later in September, the PSLV-C18 will be launched carrying the Indo-French satellite Mega-Tropiques, which is devoted to the atmospheric research.

Finally, the PSLV-C19, with a payload of Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), will be launched. The RISAT, a microwave remote sensing satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) will have ability to acquire data at C-Band in different mode of polarisation, incidence angle and resolution. "It will be able to penetrate through the clouds and see the ground," said Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan.

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http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_isro-missions-delayed-courtesy-gslv-project_1543691

ISRO missions delayed, courtesy GSLV project[/size]
Published: Monday, May 16, 2011, 0:59 IST
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

India's key satellite launch project, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) programme, is ironically posing delays for the country's space programme.

The back-to-back failure of the GSLV launches in April and December 2010 has forced the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to conduct a complete audit of the programme.

ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan on Saturday said that following the failure of the GSLV (D3) and the GSLV-F06, ISRO's main focus would be to do a total audit of the GSLV programme and "find out its vulnerabilities" before going in for future launches.

The GSLV programme suffered a huge setback when the GSLV (D3) and the GSLV-F06 suffered back-to-back failures with the rockets plunging into Bay of Bengal minutes after the respective launches.

The space agency's future launches, which include the Chandrayaan-2, the second unmanned mission to Moon, and the prestigious human space programme are scheduled to be launched onboard the GSLV rockets.

Although Radhakrishnan said the two key missions were on schedule, he reiterated that Isro's priority was to ensure that the GSLV was a reliable vehicle.

On the GSLV-F06 failure, he said the GSLV review committee, headed by former Isro chairman K Kasturirangan, and a failure analysis committee, headed by Madhavan Nair (Radhakrishnan's predecessor), had already submitted their reports to the space commission which will review them on May 24.

"Failure of the shroud (cover) at the bottom of the Russian cryogenic stage has been identified as the main reason for the failure," Radhakrishnan said.

On the GSLV Mk III, which is being conceived and designed to make Isro fully self-reliant in launching 4 tonne-plus weighing communication satellites of INSAT-4 class, he said static testing is currently on which would continue till 2012.

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http://www.inright.ru/news/science/20110518/id_7400/

Индия произведет три космических запуска до конца нынешнего года[/size]
18 мая 2011 г.
Press Trust of India (Индия)/InterRight/telugushakthi.net
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Индийское космическое агентство намерено до конца года произвести три запуска ракетоносителя PSLV. Запуски будут производиться с космодрома Шрихарикота в штате Андхра-прадеш, и намечены на июль, сентябрь и октябрь 2011 года. Кроме того, 20 мая французская ракета Ariane-5 должна вывести в космос еще один индийский спутник.

Первым состоится запуск ракеты PSLV-C17, на орбиту будет выведен филиппинский телекоммуникационный спутник GSAT-12. Затем в сентябре-октябре в космос отправятся ракеты PSLV-C18 и PSLV-C19. Запуски пройдут в рамках совместного французско-индийского проекта. На орбиту будут выведены метеорологические спутники Megha-tropiques и RISAT-1.

Также через два дня с космодрома во Французской Гвиане должен быть запущен ракетоноситель Ariane-5, который выведет на орбиту самый тяжелый индийский телекоммуникационный спутник GSAT-8. Его вес составляет 3 100 килограмм.

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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article2040477.ece

ISRO plans to launch the GSAT-12, weighing 1,400 kg, on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle this July. The GSAT-10, with 36 transponders and weighing 3,400 kg, is to be put into orbit by another Ariane 5 rocket next year. Another communication satellite will go up when the GSLV is flown again, which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2012.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-16/mumbai/29548299_1_iit-b-students-anusat-satellite-project

IIT-B students' satellite to be launched by yr-end[/size]
Srinivas Laxman, May 16, 2011, 02.29am IST

MUMBAI: Pratham, the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay's student satellite project, crossed an important milestone recently with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) giving the 'go ahead' for firming up its launch date. Speaking to The Times of India on Sunday at the conclusion of the fourth and final Pratham ground station workshop, project manager Jhonny Santosh Jha said the satellite will be launched on board the four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in all probability between September and December 2011.

He said the chances are that Pratham will piggyback on the 450kg Indo-French Saral satellite. With a four-month lifespan, the role of the Rs 1.5-crore 10kg Pratham will be to measure what is known as the "total electron count of the ionosphere."Once launched it will be placed in the 817-km polar sun synchronous orbit.

"All the table-top testing of Pratham have been successfully completed and we have been given clearance to negotiate the launch date both with the Isro headquarters in Bangalore as well as the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvanathapuram. We will begin assembling the flight model of the satellite this month and hand it over to Isro for further testing two months prior to the launch," he said.

http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/19/stories/2011051951101100.htm

Both countries have agreed to collaborate on space research and development, which is significant given the hard times faced by ISRO. The satellites thus jointly developed are to be launched this year. Is that on schedule?

What I understand is that Megha-Tropiques, the first satellite which is supposed to study climate in tropical areas — which means it is of particular importance for agriculture in monsoons — is going to be launched before the end of the year. The second one [Saral] might be a little delayed, but we are hoping this would also be launched this year. We've full confidence in the scientific, technical and managerial capabilities of ISRO.

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Индия за два года запустит 12 иностранных спутников

НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ, 2 июн - РИА Новости, Евгений Безека. Индийская организация космических исследований (ИСРО) в ближайшие два года разместит на орбите 12 иностранных космических аппарата, сообщил журналистам председатель ИСРО Кумарасвами Радхакришнан.

"Через наше коммерческое подразделение Antrix Corporation мы получили заказы из Канады, Индонезии, Германии и других европейских стран на запуски в течение двух лет дюжины спутников на геосинхронные орбиты", - сказал председатель ИСРО.

Четыре спутника будут запущены для Канады, по два для Индонезии и Германии, один для Люксембурга. Оставшиеся три спутника будут отправлены в космос для нужд европейских университетов.

Как уточнил представитель корпорации Antrix, немецкий спутник Т-Map для экологических исследований весит 800 килограммов. Остальные спутники будут весить 80-100 килограммов. Также идут переговоры о запуске на низкую орбиту французского спутника дистанционного зондирования Земли EnMAP.

Эти аппараты, самый крупный из которых весит менее тонны, будут выведены на орбиту при помощи ракеты PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - ракета-носитель для вывода спутников на полярную орбиту).

"За исключением немецкого спутника, все эти аппараты очень маленькие - это мини- и микроспутники. Кроме Индии практически никто и не занимается коммерческим выводом таких маленьких спутников в космос. Они будут запущены группами по несколько штук", - сказал РИА Новости пресс-секретарь ИСРО Сатиш, добавив, что запуск осуществляется по "международным ценам".

За последние 10 лет Индия отправила в космос 26 иностранных спутников для различных стран, включая Германию, Израиль, Южную Корею и Сингапур.

http://www.rian.ru/science/20110602/383228771.html

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-to-launch-12-foreign-satellites-in-next-two-years/articleshow/8690325.cms

India to launch 12 foreign satellites in next two years[/size]
IANS | Jun 2, 2011, 09.28am IST

 BANGALORE: India has bagged multi-million dollar contracts to launch 12 foreign satellites in the lower orbit from its spaceport over the next two years, a top space agency official said Wednesday.

 "Through our commercial arm Antrix Corporation, we have received orders from Canada, Indonesia, Germany and other European countries to launch a dozen satellites in the sun-synchronous orbit during the next two years," state-run Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan told reporters here.

 Of the 12 satellites, four are from Canada, two each from Indonesia and Germany and one from Luxembourg. The remaining three spacecraft are from universities in Europe.

 "We have an order from Germany to launch an 800-kg dedicated satellite (N-Map) for environmental studies. The other satellites, weighing between 80-100 kg will be launched on board our polar satellite launch vehicles (PSLVs) as additional payloads along with Indian communications or remote-sensing satellites," an Antrix official said.

 Antrix is also in negotiations with France to launch a remote sensing satellite (EnMAP) in the lower orbit.

 India has already launched a total of 26 foreign satellites during the past decade for various countries, including Germany, Italy, Israel, Korea and Singapore.

http://newstonight.net/content/india-proving-its-caliber-space-technology

India Proving Its Caliber in Space Technology[/size]
Submitted by Shanker Pradhan on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 10:21

The state-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman, K. Radhakrishnan, notified that the organization had acknowledged orders from Canada, Indonesia, and Germany as well as from other European countries to launch a dozen satellites in the sun-synchronous orbit during the next two years.

In addition, Mr. Radhakrishnan also announced to constitute an independent commission in order to further strengthen the association between ISRO and Antrix while informing that the committee would be led by the Secretary, Department of Space. Further, he also talked about an annual review compiled by the Space Commission.

During the past decade, India already credited a total of 26 foreign satellites for various countries including Germany, Italy, Israel, Korea and Singapore.

"We have an order from Germany to launch an 800-kg dedicated satellite (N-Map) for environmental studies. The other satellites, weighing between 80-100 kg will be launched on board our polar satellite launch vehicles (PSLVs) as additional payloads along with Indian communications or remote-sensing satellites", added an officer from Antrix, the business arm of ISRO.

While addressing a press conference at the ISRO headquarters, Mr. Radhakrishnan confirmed the appointment of a new Chairman and Managing Director, a full time post, to the Antrix within two weeks time.

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N-Map это немецкий спутник EnMap.

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Состоявшиеся пуски

 Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
1 - 20 апреля - RESOURCESAT-2, YOUTHSAT, X-Sat - PSLV-C16 - 08:42 ЛМВ
2 - 21 мая - ST 2 & INSAT-4G (GSAT-8 ) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA202) - 00:38 ЛМВ

Планирующиеся пуски

2011
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
15 июля - GSAT-12, Gagan - PSLV-C17 (XL) - 16:18-16:38 ЛМВ
сентябрь - MEGHA-TROPIQUES, LAPAN-A2, LAPAN-ORARI - PSLV-C18 (CA) - ПО
9 ноября - JCSAT-13 & INSAT 3D - Ariane 5 ECA (VA205) -ПО  (или 2012)
декабрь - RISAT-1, AISat, Jugnu, SRMSat, Venta-1, Pratham - PSLV-C19 (XL) - ПО

2012
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
март-апрель - GSAT-10P, Gagan - Ariane 5 - ПО
2-й квартал - SARAL, SAPPHIRE, NEOSSat, UniBRITE, BRITE-AUSTRIA, Max Valier, AAUSat3 - PSLV-С20 (CA) - ПО
середина года - GSAT-14 - GSLV-D5 (MkII) - ПО
второе полугодие - GSAT-7 (INSAT-4F, Navy Communications Satellite) - Ariane 5 / Soyuz - ПО
ПО - SRE-2, IMS-1B (ENVIRON), PROTIERS, Orbcomm AIS sat 2, CANX-4, CANX-5, NEMO-AM, WNISAT-1 - PSLV-С21 - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2С - PSLV-С22 - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-1 - PSLV-С23 (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1 - PSLV-С24 (HP) - ПО
ПО - SPOT-6 - PSLV-(ПО) (СА) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка
ПО - ALSAT-2B - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - BRITE-PL - ПО - ПО
ПО - BRITE-PL2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - Sathyabama satellite - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - RLV-TD - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - TAUVEX- GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMSAT - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - VITSat-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - AISSat-2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО

2013
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
ПО - GSAT-6(INSAT-4E) - GSLV-ПО (MkII) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-6A - GSLV-ПО (MkII) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-9 - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11 - Ariane 5 (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-17 - ПО - ПО
ПО - SCATSAT - PSLV-С25 - ПО
ПО - RESOURCESAT-2R - PSLV-С26 - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2R - PSLV-С27 - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-2 - PSLV-С28 (HP) - ПО
ПО - EnMAP - PSLV (ПО) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка
ПО - IMS (ATMOS) - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS-1E, IMS-1F - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - BRITE-PL 2 - ПО - ПО
ПО - ADITYA-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО (или 2014)

2014
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
ПО - CCI-Sat - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - InSat-3DR - GSLV-F05 (Mk II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-10R - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11S - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11E - GSLV Mk.III (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-13 - GSLV (ПО) (Mk.II) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-3 - PSLV (ПО) (HP) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-4 - PSLV (ПО) (HP) - ПО
ПО - Unmanned Crew Module - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - Chandrayaan-2 - GSLV-F07 (Mk II) - ПО

2015
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
ПО - IRNSS-5 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-6 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-7 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО

2016
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время
ПО - Mars Mission (ПО) - GSLV-Mk III - ПО
ПО - Human Space Flight Programme- GSLV MkII - ПО

C неопределённой датой
ПО - IAF Satellite - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
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ПО - ITM-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - TecSAR-2 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
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http://www.hindu.com/2011/06/02/stories/2011060267091500.htm

GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week[/size]
 
BANGALORE: On the heels of the successful launch of its communication satellite GSAT-8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the next communication satellite GSAT-12 in the second week of July.

Announcing this at a news conference here on Wednesday, ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said the satellite would be launched from Sriharikota on a PSLV C-17 vehicle.

It would be moved from Bangalore to Sriharikota on Thursday for conducting various pre-launch tests. The assembling of the launch vehicle had also commenced.

GSAT-12, built at a cost of Rs.148 crore, has 12 transponders in an extended C-Band and will help users in the field of tele-medicine, tele-education, social services, etc. The launch vehicle was expected to cost about Rs.100 crore.

Dr. Radhakrishnan said the services of GSAT-8 satellite, launched on May 21, was expected to be available for users by June-end. In-orbit tests of transponders of the satellite would be held for three weeks, from Thursday. The satellite had been put on 55 degree east of geo-station orbit on Wednesday. Users of some of the decommissioned satellites would be moved to this, he said.

Referring to the recommendations made by a committee which looked into the failure of GSLV in December 2010 and another committee that examined the entire GSLV programme, Dr. Radhakrishnan said ISRO had now decided to "put all the focus" on developing indigenous cryogenic engines that powered Mark-II launch vehicles.

He said there were no major problems with respect to the design.

However, discussions had started with Russia regarding finetuning of the engine procured from them.

Special Correspondent reports:

As a fall-out of the controversial S-Band deal, ISRO's commercial arm — Antrix Corporation — is all set to get a full-time Chairman and Managing Director in a couple of weeks. Dr. Radhakrishnan said the Space Commission had cleared the recommendation of the name made by a three-member committee, comprising himself, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India R. Chidambaram, and Space Commission Member (Finance) Venkatesh Bhat and had been forwarded to the Prime Minister for clearance.

He said Antrix would be strengthened by getting more full-time experts with significant experience. Its performance would be reviewed every year by the Space Commission.

Besides, an ISRO team would monitor and coordinate with it, he noted.

Noted Scientist Roddam Narasimha, who is part of the two-member panel which probed the controversial Antrix-Devas deal, said the committee had submitted its report to the Prime Minister, but refused to divulge any details.

"We have done our duty. Let the Prime Minister take a decision on the report."

[Salo]

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2011/06/03/09.xml&headline=No%20Design%20Fault%20Found%20In%20Indian%20GSLV

No Design Fault Found In Indian GSLV[/size]

Jun 3, 2011

By Jay Menon

NEW DELHI — A failure analysis committee has found no design problems with India's Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), despite two successive failures in 2010. "We had the opportunity to look at all aspects of [the] GSLV, at not only the missions that failed but also the successful missions," says G. Madhavan Nair, the chairman of the failure analysis committee and a former chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). "We could not find any design deficiency with respect to the GSLV."

India's GSLV program suffered a major setback when the GSLV (D3) and the GSLV-F06 suffered back-to-back failures in April and December 2010, with the rockets plunging into the Bay of Bengal minutes after liftoff.

The group traced the loss of GSLV-F06 to a failure of the composite shroud on the vehicle's Russian cryogenic engine. "The problem with GSLV is of a minor nature and it does not call for major changes," Nair says. Discussions have begun with Russia regarding the shroud issue.

The space agency plans to launch the Chandrayaan-2, India's second unmanned mission to the Moon, and its planned human spaceflight missions onboard GSLV rockets.

ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan says the space agency has now decided to focus on developing indigenous cryogenic engines to power the Mk. 2 GSLVs.

Radhakrishnan says the GSAT-7 and Insat-3D spacecraft, which were scheduled to be launched by the GSLV, will now go up on international launchers. "The idea is that in the next launch of GSLV, we do not want to put [up] a costly, complex satellite," Radhakrishnan says.

ISRO recently said a rocket subsystems integration facility will be established near Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh to handle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and GSLV launches.

Since rocket subsystems are currently manufactured in different parts of the country, the project, which is expected to be completed in about two-three years, will help reduce the need to transport sensitive hardware from far-flung locations.

[Salo]

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/no-design-deficiency-in-gslv-says-failure-analysis-committee/709650.html

No design deficiency in GSLV, says Failure Analysis Committee[/size]
PTI | 09:06 PM,Jun 01,2011

The Space Commission which reviewed the FAC report on May 24, asked ISRO to come up with specific proposals required for investment. GSAT-7 and INSAT-3D, scheduled to be launched by GSLV, would now be procured launches (from outside the country).The investment that is talked about is in regard to additional costs, if any, for procured launches besides GSAT-14, the payload for the next flight of GSLV, expected after March."The idea is that in the next launch of GSLV, we do not want to put a costly, complex satellite," ISRO Chairman Radhakrishnan said.He also said that the GSAT-12 equipped wit 12 transponders in the Extended C-band, is planned to be launched in the second week of July.ISRO today started the process of switching on the payloads on board the GSAT-8 launched last month. Services from this satellite is expected to be available for users by the end of this month, Radhakrishnan said.

[SpaceR]

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2011/06/03/09.xml&headline=No%20Design%20Fault%20Found%20In%20Indian%20GSLV

No Design Fault Found In Indian GSLV[/size]
 . . .
The group traced the loss of GSLV-F06 to a failure of the composite shroud on the vehicle's Russian cryogenic engine. "The problem with GSLV is of a minor nature and it does not call for major changes," Nair says. Discussions have begun with Russia regarding the shroud issue.
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Что и ожидалось, в общем.
На чужих спихнуть всегда удобнее - особенно для своей общественности.

[Salo]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/isro-to-begin-flight-testing-of-gslv-mkiii-in-next-two-years/articleshow/8761258.cms

7 Jun, 2011, 04.54PM IST,IANS
ISRO to begin flight testing of GSLV MkIII in next two years[/size]

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said it will start flight testing of the GSLV Mk III for launching four-tonne class of satellites in the next two years.

Addressing the National Technology Summit here, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said the space agency would be completing work on the Astrosat and the Aditya projects by 2012 and 2013 respectively.

"In the next two years, we are looking to begin the flight-testing of the GSLV Mk III engine, which will be the third-largest in the world," he said.

It is intended to launch heavy satellites into geostationary orbit, and will allow India to become less dependent on foreign rockets for heavy lifting. Astrosat is India's first dedicated astronomy satellite whereas Aditya is a spacecraft whose mission is to study the Sun.

Speaking on the occasion, Science and Technology Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said the private industry should also start increasing its share in investment in research and development.

"In India, the total investment in research and development is 0.8 per cent of the GDP and out of that, the private sector contributes only 20 per cent. That needs to be increased," he said.

The Minister said there was a need to increase interface between the academia, industry and research and development institutions to combine their efforts for creating resources in the country.

Planning Commission Member K Kasturirangan and CSIR chief Samir K Brahmachari were also present at the occasion.

[Salo]

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/sci-tech/space/isro-likely-scale-down-chandrayaan-2-886

ISRO likely to scale down Chandrayaan-2[/size]

    June 7, 2011
    By Manoj K. Das
   
ISRO scientists are revisiting the sequel to the country's prestigious moon mission - Chandrayaan-2.

The space agency has realised that the advanced GSLV MK-III won't be available by 2014. The Plan B is to launch the mission using GSLV F-series once it clears its next mission.

"Chandrayaan-2 has been designed to go on GSLV MK-III," a top source told Deccan Chronicle. "But the development process has run up to a brick wall following back-to-back launch failures. The moon mission is already delayed. A decision to launch it with base model of GSLV has been taken."

ISRO has asked its Chandrayaan-2 team to tweak the programme wherever possible as GSLV can launch only lesser tonnage than the advanced MK-III version.

"This will delay the project by at least six months," said the source.

[Salo]

http://www.livemint.com/2011/06/07225956/India8217s-satellite-policy.html

India's satellite policy to be posted on Antrix website[/size]
Experts say spelling out the policy will offer greater clarity on future leases of satellite transponders by Isro

 Jacob P. Koshy

New Delhi: As part of a larger exercise to improve transparency, Antrix Corp. Ltd, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, or Isro, will post the country's satellite policy on its website.

The satellite policy is a government-approved document that elaborates the principles under which transponders on various Indian satellites are leased to private and state broadcasters.

"The satellite policy will be put up on the (Antrix) website and will be part of the several initiatives to spell out greater transparency in the way Antrix and Isro function," said K. Radhakrishnan, chairman, Isro, on the sidelines of the National Technology Summit.

Experts say spelling out the policy will offer greater clarity on future leases of satellite transponders by Isro.

"There was a time when spectrum was just given away," said P.S. Goel, a former director at Isro. "Clearly, it is a far more valuable asset and there has to be more scrutiny and transparency in the manner it is auctioned or given now that private players are likely to play an ever increasing role."

In February, controversy erupted when Antrix backed out on a Rs. 1,000-crore deal with Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd to lease transponders using the S-band (2.5-5GHz) on two satellites—GSAT6 and GSAT6A— to be launched by 2013.

Devas was to use these transponders for multimedia broadcasting. It argued that the deal was in accordance with the existing satellite policy but Isro said it couldn't go through because of "strategic national priorities".

Coming on the back of the second-generation (2G) spectrum scam, opposition parties alleged that the government had approved the deal and unilaterally favoured Devas.

Subsequently, a two-member committee—comprising Roddam Narasimha, a senior aerospace scientist at the Indian Institute of Science, and B.K. Chaturvedi, member, Planning Commission—submitted a report to the prime minister to enquire if due process had been followed in executing the deal between Antrix and Devas.

"The report was submitted (in March) to the PMO (Prime Minister's Office), post which the cabinet secretary was asked to take a look," Chaturvedi said in an interview. "The report has been sent back to the PMO...the basic surmise of the report was that overall policy framework (in the way Antrix inked deals with private companies for leasing transponders) wasn't followed."

Devas chief executive Viswanathan Ramachandran didn't respond to calls or text messages left on his mobile phone.

Radhakrishnan said internal discussions on operationally separating Antrix and Isro have been on since 2009 and "would have come about anyway".

A new head has been chosen for Antrix and the appointment is awaiting the prime minister's clearance, he said without giving details. Antrix is currently headed by him.

Antrix will also have a separate board of experts to clear its decisions, Radhakrishnan said.

For over four decades, Isro has earmarked satellite transponders to state and private broadcasters such as Doordarshan and Tata Sky Ltd and has never followed an auctioning process.

Officials of Isro and Devas have said in previous discussions that the satellite policy doesn't require Isro to auction transponders.

http://www.domain-b.com/aero/space/satellites/20110608_transponder.html

ISRO to post transponder lease policy on Antrix website news   [/size]

08 June 2011
New Delhi: In a bid to increase transparency in its dealings, controversy-hit Antrix Corp Ltd, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO, will now post the terms and conditions of its satellite lease policy on its website.

The satellite policy clarifies the terms and conditions under which transponders on various Indian satellites are leased to private and state broadcasters.

''The satellite policy will be put up on the (Antrix) website and will be part of the several initiatives to spell out greater transparency in the way Antrix and ISRO function,'' said K Radhakrishnan, chairman, ISRO, on the side-lines of the National Technology Summit.

Experts say the move will offer greater clarity on future leases of satellite transponders by ISRO.

In February this year Antrix found itself embroiled in controversy when a proposed Rs1,000-crore deal with Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd to lease transponders using the S-band (2.5-5GHz) on two satellites-GSAT 6 and GSAT 6A came under intense public scrutiny.

Both these satellites are due for launch by 2013.