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http://spacenews.com/india-to-build-and-launch-15-pslv-rockets-by-2020/

India OKs Budget for Building, Launching 15 PSLV Rockets by 2020
by Peter B. de Selding — May 22, 2015
  A PSLV rocket launched ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission in November 2013. Credit: ISRO  
 
PARIS — The Indian government's Union Cabinet on May 21 approved a budget of $484 million to build and launch 15 PSLV rockets between 2017 and 2020, meeting a demand for 4-5 launches per year "with the possibility of clinching commercial launch service contracts," according to the office of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
The budget of 30.9 billion Indian rupees covers the vehicles' production, program management and the launch campaigns. The rocket has completed 25 operational missions. In addition to carrying Indian government science, navigation and Earth observation satellites, the vehicle has won commercial business from outside India.
Commercial customers have included included government and commercial operators from Europe, Canada, Algeria and, most recently, from the United States. Skybox Imaging of Mountain View, California, owned by Google Inc., won a waiver from the long-standing U.S. ban on commercial launches from India to launch one of its optical Earth imaging satellites on the PSLV.
The most recent launch, PSLV-C27, was successfully conducted in March, placing an Indian regional positioning, navigation and timing satellite into an inclined geostationary orbit. The 15-rocket order approved May 21 is for launches numbered C-36 to C-50.
The prime minister's statement said the 15-rocket PSLV order would place "a greater focus on enhancing the level of participation by the Indian industry. PSLV has made the country self-reliant in launching satellites for Earth observation, disaster management, navigation and space sciences."

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Состоявшиеся пуски
 
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (ДМВ)
 
2015
01 - 28 марта - IRNSS-1D - PSLV-C27 (XL) - 14:49
02 - 10 июля - Три DMC3 (Великобритания), DeorbitSail (Великобритания), CBNT-1 (Великобритания) - PSLV-С28 (XL) - 19:28
03 - 27 августа - GSAT-6 (INSAT-4E) - GSLV-D6 (MkII) - 14:22
 
Планируемые пуски
 
Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (ДМВ)
 
2015
28 сентября октябрь - ASTROSAT-1, LAPAN-A2 (Индонезия), 2 x NLS (Канада) + 4 x Lemur (Великобритания) - PSLV-С30 (XL) - 07:30
июль или сентябрь 15-31 октября не ранее ноября - RLV-TD HEX-01 (суборбитальный пуск)
декабрь март 2-й квартал или ноябрь 2016 - TeLEOS-1 (Сингапур), VELOX C1 (Сингапур), Kent Ridge 1 (Сингапур), Galassia (Сингапур) - PSLV-C29 (CA) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
октябрь- 6 ноября -декабрь - GSAT-15 - Ariane 5 ECA - 07:30 (или 2016)

2016
сентябрь декабрь 2015 февраль - IRNSS-1E - PSLV-C31 (XL) - ПО
декабрь 2015 февраль март - IRNSS-1F - PSLV-C32 (XL) - ПО
2017 июль - InSat-3DR - GSLV-F05 (Mk-II) - ПО
сентябрь - CARTOSAT-2С, SRE II, NEMO-AM (Канада, Индия) - PSLV-C33 - ПО
декабрь - SAARC - PSLV-C(ПО) GSLV-F(ПО) MkII - ПО
декабрь - RESOURCESAT-2A - PSLV-C35 - ПО
конец года 2017 - SCATTSAT - PSLV-С (ПО) - ПО (или 2017)
март июнь ПО - IRNSS-1G - PSLV-C(ПО) (XL) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка:
ПО - M3MSat (Канада) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - NEMO-AM (Канада, Индия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - LAPAN A3 (LAPAN-ORARI) (Индонезия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - ALSAT-2B (Алжир) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IinuSat (Индонезия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО

2017
первый квартал - GSAT-19E - GSLV-D1 (Mk-III) - ПО
2016 май - GSAT-9 - GSLV-F09 (Mk-II) - ПО
2016 ПО - GISAT-1 - GSLV-F10 (Mk-II) - ПО
2016 ПО - GSAT-6A - GSLV-F11 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-7A (IAF ComSat) - GSLV-F12 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-20 - GSLV-D2 (Mk-III) - ПО (или 2018 )
ПО - NextStar-1, NextStar-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - RISAT-1A - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - ADITYA-1 - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - Chandrayaan-2 - GSLV-(ПО) (Mk-II) или (Mk-III) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2D - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2E - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
начало 2016 ПО - GSAT-17 - ПО - ПО
2016 ПО - GSAT-18 - ПО - ПО
2016 ПО - GSAT-11 - Ariane 5 (ПО) - ПО
2016 ПО - GSAT-11S - ПО - ПО
2016 ПО - GSAT-Ka - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-21 - ПО - ПО

2018
январь - EnMAP (Германия) - PSLV-СA(ПО) - ПО
ПО - OCEANSAT-3 - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-3A - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Вторая марсианская миссия - GSLV (ПО) - ПО

2020
ПО - ПО - PSLV C44 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C45 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C46 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C47 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C48 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C49 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C50 - ПО

2021
не ранее октября 2020 ПО - NISAR/NI-SAR (научная миссия NASA-ISRO) - GSLV-F(ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО

2022
2017 ПО - InSat-3DS - GSLV (ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО

C неопределённой датой:
2017 - GISAT-2 - GSLV-F(ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО
не ранее 2018 - CARTOSAT-3B - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
после 2020 - пилотируемая миссия - GSLV Mk-III - ПО
ПО - RISAT-2A - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CCI-Sat - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - индийская научная миссия к Венере - ПО - ПО
ПО -TES-HYP - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - GEO-HR - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-1(F) - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ITM-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - TecSAR-2 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - DMSAR-1 - PSLV-с(ПО) - ПО
ПО - RESOURCESAT-3 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - RISAT-3 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-4R - GSLV-ПО (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-8 - GSLV-ПО (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-13 - GSLV (ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1H - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1I - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1J - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1K - PSLV (ПО) (XL) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка:
ПО - Studsat-2A, Studsat-2B - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - I-STAG - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - SENSE-P, SENSE-E - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - NIUSAT - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Pratham - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Sathyabama satellite - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMSAT (Италия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - VITSat-1 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS-1B (ENVIRON) - PSLV-С (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS-1E, IMS-1F - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS (ATMOS) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - TD-MS - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
ПО - GSAT-10R - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11E - ПО - ПО

Используемые сокращения:
КА – космический аппарат
РКН – ракета космического назначения
РБ – разгонный блок
ПО – подлежит определению
ДМВ – декретное московское время
НВМ – неотделяемый весовой макет

Изменения от 26 мая
Изменения от 20 июня
Изменения от 30 июня
Изменения от 10 июля
Изменения от 14 июля
Изменения от 28 августа
Изменения от 4 сентября
Изменения от 21 сентября

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...India will launch the SAARC satellite, proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by December 2016...

...NISAR is a launch for 2021...

http://bharatpress.com/2015/06/27/india-to-launch-saarc-satellite-by-december-2016/

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Спасибо!
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=1173.msg1392430#msg1392430

antriksh пишет:
 

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http://atimes.com/2015/07/indias-isro-launches-record-five-satellites-plans-28-more/

The ISRO has its next major satellite launch August, using its Geo Stationery Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mark II) rocket, and three more navigational satellites before March 2016. "The Satellite has already reached Sriharikota and is going through final tests,"ISRO chairman Kumar said. "We plan to make the next launch in August."

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http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/antrix-has-orders-for-sending-28-satellites/article7408678.ece

CHENNAI, July 11, 2015
Updated: July 11, 2015 01:21 IST
Antrix has orders for sending 28 satellites
Special Correspondent

Of the 28, the next launch would be before the end of this year for Singapore.

Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, has already signed service contracts for launching 28 satellites for various countries in the next two years.

"Of the 28, the next launch would be before the end of this year for Singapore," Antrix Corporation chairman and managing director V.S. Hegde said.

The satellites vary from nano, micro and normal, which can be launched by a PSLV rocket, he said.

Antrix which recorded over Rs. 1,600 crore revenue during 2013-14, got a revenue of Rs. 1,850 crore during 2014-15. While the cost for launching smaller satellites would be calculated on its weight (cost per kg), Antrix would follow different norms in case of big satellites.

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http://www.firstpost.com/india/isro-working-with-nasa-to-launch-earth-observation-satellite-in-2021-2410906.html

ISRO working with NASA to launch earth observation satellite in 2021
 Aug 27, 2015 21:44 IST
 
Sriharikota: India and US have set a target of 2021 to put their collaborative earth observation satellite NISAR in orbit, ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar said on Thursday.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was working with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US to undertake the launch of NISAR by 2021, he told reporters in Sriharikota after the successful launch of GSAT-6 onboard GSLV-D6.
"One of the GSLV Mark II will carry NASA's satellite NISAR in 2021. There is a very good chance of commercial requirement. Currently we are working on it," he said.
NISAR Mission (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Mission) will be a dedicated mission to optimally measure intrinsic changes of the Earth's surface associated with motions of the crust and ice surfaces.
NASA has been studying concepts for a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission to determine Earth change in three disciplines - ecosystems, solid earth and cryospheric sciences.
In the course of these studies, a partnership with ISRO developed that led to a joint mission with L-band and S-band SAR systems on board.
ISRO has identified a range of applications of particular relevance to India that the mission will address, including monitoring of agricultural biomass over India, snow and glacier studies in the Himalayas, Indian coastal and near-shore ocean studies, and disaster monitoring and assessment.
Elaborating about ISRO's future plans, Kumar said, it was working on enhancing capacity of the space agency by utilising both GSLV and PSLV vehicles for its future missions.
After the successful launch of the first GSLV in January 2014, Kumar said there has been enough demand for both PSLV and GSLV. "GSLV puts satellites in Geostationary orbit. Whereas PSLV is different. But there is huge market even for GSLV. After today's launch we are confident of making successful launches in GSLV," he said.
He said the ISRO was working on reducing the time frame for its launches.
According to GSLV-D6/GSAT-6, Mission Director R Umamaheswaran the launch of GSLV-D6 was one of the "shortest campaign" undertaken by ISRO.
"The preparations for this launch commenced on April 8. This is one of the shortest launch campaigns as of GSLV is concerned and today is 100th day of the campaign. Here the cryogenic stage is assembled in Mahendragiri. With this we are able to reduced duration of the campaigns," he said.
Kiran Kumar said, "We made a successful launch of GSLV last year... Today's was the second.
"We do understand the intricacies of such things. But we should do it day after day. PSLV and GSLV are two different categories. There is enough demand for both globally. We have to make successful launches in GSLV as only numbers will demonstrate."
"We need more capacity. We need to make sure that more and more satellites are put. Our intention is to reduce the time normally taken for making launches. We are continuously looking in improving it," he said.
Asked about the future launches to be undertaken by ISRO, he said the next launch ASTROSAT is expected by end of September on board PSLV.
"We are now targeting ASTROSAT which has got a number of science payloads. This is a unique satellite because it has got many observations on a common platform. we are targeting to launch it in last week of September," he said.
"We are also planning to launch three IRNSS satellites by December 2015, February 2016 and March 2016," he said.
On status of moon mission Chandrayaan-II, Kumar said ISRO was targeting to launch it by end of 2017 or early 2018.
"Currently work is in progress. We have got couple of tests coming up in the next few months," he said.
To a query about the launch of satellites made in the US, Kumar said four satellites would be launched with ASTROSAT.
"US satellites will be launched with ASTROSAT. Actually, four of them (satellites). It will go next month," he said.

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Состоявшиеся пуски

Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (ДМВ)

2015
01 - 28 марта - IRNSS-1D - PSLV-C27 (XL) - 14:49
02 - 10 июля - Три DMC3 (Великобритания), DeorbitSail (Великобритания), CBNT-1 (Великобритания) - PSLV-С28 (XL) - 19:28
03 - 27 августа - GSAT-6 (INSAT-4E) - GSLV-D6 (MkII) - 14:22
04 - 28 сентября - ASTROSAT-1, LAPAN-A2 (Индонезия), exactView-9 (EV-9, NLS-14) (Канада) + 4 x Lemur (Великобритания) - PSLV-С30 (XL) - 07:30
05 - 16 декабря - TeLEOS-1), VELOX C1, VELOX 2, Kent Ridge 1, Galassia, Athenoxat-1 (все Сингапур) - PSLV-C29 (CA) - 15:30

На зарубежных носителях:
11 ноября - Arabsat-6B (Badr 7), GSAT-15 - Ariane 5 ECA - Куру ELA-3 - 00:34

Планируемые пуски

Дата – КА – РКН/РБ – Время (ДМВ)

2016
январь февраль - IRNSS-1E - PSLV-C31 (XL) - ПО (или декабрь 2015)
не ранее ноября 2015 январь февраль - RLV-TD HEX-01 (суборбитальный пуск)
февраль -март - IRNSS-1F - PSLV-C32 (XL) - ПО
март (ПО) - IRNSS-1G - PSLV-C(ПО) (XL) - ПО
июль - InSat-3DR - GSLV-F05 (Mk-II) - ПО
сентябрь - CARTOSAT-2С, SRE II, GHGSat-1, Max Valier - PSLV-C33 - ПО
декабрь - SAARC - GSLV-F(ПО) MkII - ПО
декабрь - RESOURCESAT-2A, PlanetiQ 1, PlanetiQ 2 - PSLV-C35 - ПО
конец года - SCATTSAT - PSLV-С (ПО) - ПО (или 2017)

Попутная нагрузка:
март - NIUSAT-Keralshree - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - M3MSat (Канада) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - NEMO-AM (Канада, Индия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - LAPAN A3 (LAPAN-ORARI) (Индонезия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - ALSAT-2B (Алжир) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IinuSat (Индонезия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
ПО 2017 - GSAT-17 - Ariane 5 ECA - Куру ELA-3

2017
первый квартал - GSAT-19E - GSLV-D1 (Mk-III) - ПО
май - GSAT-9 - GSLV-F09 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GISAT-1 - GSLV-F10 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-6A - GSLV-F11 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-7A (IAF ComSat) - GSLV-F12 (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-20 - GSLV-D2 (Mk-III) - ПО (или 2018 )
ПО - NextStar-1, NextStar-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - RISAT-1A - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2D - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-2E - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Chandrayaan-2 - GSLV-(ПО) (Mk-II) или (Mk-III) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
ПО - GSAT-18 - Ariane 5 ECA - Куру ELA-3
ПО - GSAT-11 - Ariane 5 (ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11S - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-Ka - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-21 - ПО - ПО

2018
январь середина года - EnMAP (Германия) - PSLV-СA(ПО) - ПО
ПО - OCEANSAT-3 - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CARTOSAT-3A - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Вторая марсианская миссия - GSLV (ПО) - ПО

2019
2017 ПО - ADITYA-1 - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО (или 2020)

2020
ПО - ПО - PSLV C44 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C45 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C46 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C47 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C48 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C49 - ПО
ПО - ПО - PSLV C50 - ПО

2021
ПО - NISAR/NI-SAR (научная миссия NASA-ISRO) - GSLV-F(ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО

2022
ПО - InSat-3DS - GSLV (ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО

C неопределённой датой:
2017 - GISAT-2 - GSLV-F(ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО
не ранее 2018 - CARTOSAT-3B - PSLV-C(ПО) - ПО
после 2020 - пилотируемая миссия - GSLV Mk-III - ПО
ПО - RISAT-2A - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - CCI-Sat - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - ASTROSAT-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-2 - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - индийская научная миссия к Венере - ПО - ПО
ПО -TES-HYP - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - GEO-HR - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ACTS-1(F) - GSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - ITM-1 - PSLV (ПО) - ПО
ПО - TecSAR-2 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - DMSAR-1 - PSLV-с(ПО) - ПО
ПО - RESOURCESAT-3 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - RISAT-3 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-4R - GSLV-ПО (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-8 - GSLV-ПО (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - GSAT-13 - GSLV (ПО) (Mk-II) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1H - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1I - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1J - PSLV-С(ПО) (XL) - ПО
ПО - IRNSS-1K - PSLV (ПО) (XL) - ПО

Попутная нагрузка:
ПО - Studsat-2A, Studsat-2B - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - I-STAG - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - SENSE-P, SENSE-E - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - NIUSAT - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Pratham - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - Sathyabama satellite - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMSAT (Италия) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - VITSat-1 - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS-1B (ENVIRON) - PSLV-С (ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS-1E, IMS-1F - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - IMS (ATMOS) - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО
ПО - TD-MS - PSLV-С(ПО) - ПО

На зарубежных носителях:
ПО - GSAT-10R - ПО - ПО
ПО - GSAT-11E - ПО - ПО

Используемые сокращения:
КА – космический аппарат
РКН – ракета космического назначения
РБ – разгонный блок
ПО – подлежит определению
ДМВ – декретное московское время
НВМ – неотделяемый весовой макет

Изменения от 28 сентября
Изменения от 13 октября
Изменения от 11 ноября
Изменения от 17 ноября
Изменения от 5 декабря
Изменения от 16 декабря
Изменения от 18 декабря
Изменения от 26 декабря

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http://tass.ru/kosmos/2295900

Организация космических исследований Индии до конца года запустит 23 иностранных спутника  
 28 сентября, 11:44 UTC+3
 
НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ, 28 сентября. /Корр. ТАСС Александр Антипин, Евгения Кармалито/. Коммерческое подразделение Индийской организации космических исследований (ИСРО) - компания Antrix Corporation ("Энтрикс") - подписала контракты на запуск до конца текущего года 23 иностранных спутников. Об этом говорится в распространенном здесь заявлении организации.
Речь идет, в частности, о запуске шести сингапурских и 14 американских спутников. Другие детали контракта пока не разглашаются.
Antrix отвечает за коммерческие пуски спутников, осуществляемые ИСРО. До сегодняшнего дня индийские ракеты-носители вывели на орбиту 51 иностранный спутник.
Всего за 16 лет Индийская организация космических исследований заработала на запусках спутников других стран более $100 млн. Они осуществляются при помощи ракеты-носителя (серии PSLV) с массой полезной нагрузки до двух тонн.
Первый запуск ракеты-носителя типа PSLV состоялся в 1993 году, а в 1999 году она доставила на орбиту первый иностранный спутник.
Ранее утром ракета PSLV-С30 успешно вывела на орбиту собственную индийскую первую астрономическую спутниковую обсерваторию ASTROSAT.

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/science/sro-in-talks-for-industry-assembled-pslv/article7699136.ece

ISRO in talks for 'industry assembled' PSLV  
TE RAJA SIMHAN
 
Space agency wants industry to make PSLV in 4 years
  Sriharikota, September 28:   
 
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started a dialogue with various companies for making "industry assembled" Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), said Chairman AS Kiran Kumar.
"In about four years, we want to make sure that a complete industry assembled PSLV will be made available. Towards this, we have started the process of interacting with companies. Our view is that in four years we need the industry to build, assemble and launch PSLV," he told newspersons after the launch of Astrosat.
On the SAARC satellite, which was suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a year ago, Kumar said that it is intended to be launched by the end of next year. Sri Lanka has already given its clearance for the satellite's configuration and "we are awaiting clearance from other countries also". 
Kumar said that the next PSLV launch will be a commercial one. In November, India will launch a communication satellite GSAT-15 using Ariane rocket and two navigation satellites from Sriharikota.
India has signed contracts to launch 23 satellites for various countries, an official of Antrix Corporation.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Reusable-launch-vehicle-test-put-off/articleshow/49330128.cms

Reusable launch vehicle test put off
Chethan Kumar,TNN | Oct 13, 2015, 02.38 AM IST

BENGALURU: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has postponed the test launch of the key reusable launch vehicle technology demonstrator (RLVTD) to next year.

While the earlier test schedule of September was disrupted by the launch of Astrosat, India's first astronomy satellite other launches with societal application have delayed it further.

A source said the focus currently is on putting the payload for GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system which will be put in space by GSAT in November first week and the subsequent Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) launch in December.

"Both these missions have direct societal applications, which Isro feels is important," the source said, reiterating that preparations for the RLVTD test were all ready. The reusable launch vehicle will reduce launching cost to one-tenth of what's incurred now.

Another source pointed out that even the eventual test of the RLVTD will be of a vehicle that's one fifth the original prototype and may not even require the PSLV. "A single-phase rocket will suffice," he said. Isro has already successfully completed testing the crew module, which is important for the human space programme.

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http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-to-launch-six-singaporemade-satellites-in-december/article7792248.ece

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http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2015/11-10-2015-ISRO.asp

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has chosen Arianespace to launch its GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 telecommunications satellites.
The two satellites will be launched by Ariane 5 launch vehicles at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, in 2016 and 2017.

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http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/all-seven-satellites-of-irnss-to-be-in-orbit-by-march-2016-115102901678_1.html

'All seven satellites of IRNSS to be in orbit by March 2016'
Press Trust of India    
Thiruvananthapuram    October 29, 2015   

All seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), will be in orbit by March next year, ISRO Chairman A S Kiran said here today.
 "By March next year, all seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System will be in orbit," he said on the sidelines of an award presentation function here.
 IRNSS will provide India with its own Global Positioning System, he said.
 The IRNSS constellation has seven satellites in all and four are already in orbit.
 Kumar said the three remaining IRNSS satellites - IRNSS 1E, 1F and 1G - will be launched in January, February and March respectively.
 He said the GSAT-15 communication satellite would be launched on board an Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace - the European multinational space agency based in France - on November 10.
 ISRO also planned to scale up missions using the GSLV Mk-II rocket to twice a year from 2016 onwards, he added.
 Kumar said ISRO would launch six satellites for Singapore in December and added that the Chandrayan 2 mission would be in 2018.
 "ISRO is well equipped to meet the challenges in space sector," he said.

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http://spacenews.com/planetiq-selects-indias-pslv-to-launch-its-first-satellites/

MELBOURNE, Fla. — PlanetiQ, one of several companies developing constellations of small satellites to collect weather data, announced Dec. 3 that it will launch its first two satellites in late 2016 on a Indian rocket.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Kerala-to-benefit-from-students-micro-satellite/articleshow/50158345.cms

Kerala to benefit from students' micro satellite
Salim Joseph,TNN
Dec 13, 2015, 11.32 AM IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A small satellite is all set to give a big leap to Kerala, a state that has played a pivotal role in the country's space history.
 
 'NIUSAT-Keralshree', a 15-kg microsatellite developed by students and faculty of Noorul Islam University, is aimed at aiding agricultural resource monitoring applications focussed on Kerala. The satellite, which will ride piggy back on an ISRO payload on a PSLV sometime in March 2016, will transfer data for free to the state government's disaster management authority, agriculture department and department of science and technology.
 
 "Though the ground station is on our campus in Kumarakovil, Kanyakumari, the beneficiary would be Kerala, and we have made this proposal before chief minister Oommen Chandy," M S Faizal Khan, pro-chancellor told ToI. The Rs 5-crore project was guided by ISRO brains including Sreedharan Das and A R Krishnan.
 
 "Mechanical, structural and deployment systems of the satellite have been tested and accepted. Preliminary checks are over. We hope to complete vibration tests within a fortnight at ISRO Satellite Centre in Bengaluru. Integration of optical payload will be done at the Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad,'' said Dr A E Muthunayagam, programme director.
 
 The optical payload in NIUSAT is capable of remote land-based observations. The satellite would pass over the ground station thrice a day and all the three frequencies - UHF, VHF and S band, will be used to receive data. We expect the satellite to have a lifespan of more than a year," he said.
 
 "It took almost three years for us to develop the satellite, and we have our industrial partners including Data Patterns, which deals with electronic systems in aerospace domain," said Muthunayagam.

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http://tass.ru/kosmos/2537559

Индия планирует запустить свою первую солнечную миссию "Адитья" в 2019 году
 
17 декабря, 15:20 UTC+3
 Первая миссия будет стоить более $56,7 млн  
 
НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ, 17 декабря. /Корр. ТАСС Евгения Кармалито/. Индия планирует направить на Луну второй зонд "Чандраян" в 2017 году, а также запустить первую солнечную миссию "Адитья". Об этом сообщил в четверг журналистам официальный представитель Индийской организации космических исследований и разработок (ISRO).
"Аппарат "Адитья" ("Солнце") будет весить порядка 400 кг, - отметил он. - Задачей первой индийской солнечной миссии станет изучение светила с орбиты, находящейся в первой точке Лагранжа - L1, где силы гравитационного притяжения Земли и Солнца равны. Она находится на прямой, соединяющей Солнце и Землю, на расстоянии около 1,5 млн км от Земли".
Точки Лагранжа возникают в любой системе из двух гравитирующих тел. В системе Солнце - Земля их пять, каждая обозначает зону космического пространства, в которой силы тяготения двух огромных объектов уравновешиваются, образуя "гравитационные колодцы". Благодаря их стабильности сравнительно небольшой космический корабль или спутник, выведенный на соответствующую орбиту, может, практически не тратя топлива, оставаться в такой позиции в течение долгого времени, чем пользуются создатели обсерваторий.
Первая солнечная миссия обойдется Индии в 3,7 млрд рупий (свыше $56,7 млн).
По словам представителя ISRO, второй лунный зонд "Чандраян-2" приземлится на Луне в 2017 году. Он продолжит индийскую программу по изучению естественного спутника Земли, начатую аппаратом "Чандраян-1", который был запущен в октябре 2008 года. Он проработал на лунной орбите 312 дней, отправив на ее поверхность ударный зонд.

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http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-rocket-to-land-on-moon-in-2017-to-launch-solar-mission-1255612
http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/indian-rocket-to-land-on-moon-in-2017-dr-jitendra/

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http://www.thebetterindia.com/37469/student-satellites-by-isro/

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http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/ISRO-Successfully-Tests-Multiple-Burn-Fuel-Engine-During-Launch-of-Six-Singaporean-Satellites/2015/12/16/article3180961.ece