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Indian PSLV successfully lofts multiple satellites

179 points by swatkat 14y ago

teeboy 14y ago
Go ISRO! I wish the Indian Govt did one less scam a year and granted a 10X increase in ISRO budget. But you are doing some amazing work on an operating budget less than a big American University. Stay Strong ! And go Mars in 2014!
- swatkat 14y ago
  You're right! Mars mission and GSLV Mk III are the ones to look out for.
- scorpion032 14y ago
  Exactly. One less scam a year shouldn't be too much to ask, so we can go to Mars in a year.
- pkhagah 14y ago
  They already have a Mars unmanned orbiter for this year. Oct or Nov I believe.
stochastician 14y ago
One of the awesome satellites was BRITE, made by the UTIAS group http://universe.utoronto.ca/BRITE http://universe.utoronto.ca/BRITE at the University of Toronto!
- manaskarekar 14y ago
  Also the awesome NEOSsat! http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/ http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/
  - runejuhl 14y ago
    And the awesome AAUSAT3: http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/ http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/ It's the third cubesat developed at Aalborg University in Denmark. From their homepage: "The AAUSAT3 educational project was initiated in the fall 2007 - introducing students to all aspects of satellite design and development. The objective of the AAUSAT3 mission is to fly two different types of AIS (Automated Identifications System) receivers. One of the AIS receivers onboard AAUSAT3 is an SDR (Software Defined Radio) based AIS receiver. The other AIS receiver is a conventional hardware receiver. The goal of AAUSAT3 is to investigate the quality of ship monitoring from space." -- http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Tech.AAUSAT3InDetails http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Tech.AAUSAT3InDe...
tn13 14y ago
ISRO has been delivering tangible output with limited resources. They are also profitable.
naanalla 14y ago
one thing particularly good about ISRO's recent strategy is to launch as many satellites as possible. It's cost effective and also helping academic satellites. and PSLV the workhorse of ISRO.
- swatkat 14y ago
  Yes. I am looking forward to seeing Antrix (ISRO's commercial division, http://www.antrix.gov.in http://www.antrix.gov.in) doing more commercial launch services.
  - rushil92 14y ago
    Aren't all these foreign satellites launched via the antrix programme?
    - pkhagah 14y ago
      I guess they are. ISRO also has a plan to eventually let private players build complete PSLV system(currently they build 80% components) and operate them. Leaving ISRO to concentrate more on GSLV and reusable rocket more.
piyush_ranjan 14y ago
congratulations ISRO. They also have a google maps like app with GIS data layers like Water bodies, roads, villages with population, soil erosion, forest fires, drought etc. http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/bhuvan/bhuvan2d.html http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/bhuvan/bhuvan2d.html
playhard 14y ago
Video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wyJMDi07ZKM#t=52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&...
- liquidwax 14y ago
  It looks like they're still using windows 98
  - sankalpshere 14y ago
    What matters is how they are used! Computers used during first moon landing were less powerful than today's cellphone chip. :)
    - pugmarx 14y ago
      :D
jamadagni 14y ago
I wish GSLV was ready, wish ISRO has more budget, wish we have a bigger workforce in space R&D. I'm sad that after so many years we don't have a reliable launcher other than PSLV, though it GETS the work done.
ateev 14y ago
Next mission - man on mars!
- jonchris 14y ago
  why waste so much money. feed the poor
msantos 14y ago
Part of the payload is a nano satellite - STRaND-1 - developed by the University of Surrey (England), that amongst other things got a Google Nexus phone onboard loaded with a custom app which will test if "in space no-one can hear you scream" http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21577780 http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21577780
- edwardc 14y ago
  The Scream in Space 'experiment' uses screams uploaded to YouTube as part of a competition last year: http://www.screaminspace.com/ http://www.screaminspace.com/ (and since this is HN, https://github.com/cuspaceflight/SpaceScream https://github.com/cuspaceflight/SpaceScream).

179 points by swatkat 14y ago

Go ISRO! I wish the Indian Govt did one less scam a year and granted a 10X increase in ISRO budget. But you are doing some amazing work on an operating budget less than a big American University. Stay Strong ! And go Mars in 2014!

swatkat 14y ago
You're right! Mars mission and GSLV Mk III are the ones to look out for.
scorpion032 14y ago
Exactly. One less scam a year shouldn't be too much to ask, so we can go to Mars in a year.
pkhagah 14y ago
They already have a Mars unmanned orbiter for this year. Oct or Nov I believe.

stochastician 14y ago

One of the awesome satellites was BRITE, made by the UTIAS group http://universe.utoronto.ca/BRITE http://universe.utoronto.ca/BRITE at the University of Toronto!

manaskarekar 14y ago
Also the awesome NEOSsat! http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/ http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/neossat/
- runejuhl 14y ago
  And the awesome AAUSAT3: http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/ http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/ It's the third cubesat developed at Aalborg University in Denmark. From their homepage: "The AAUSAT3 educational project was initiated in the fall 2007 - introducing students to all aspects of satellite design and development. The objective of the AAUSAT3 mission is to fly two different types of AIS (Automated Identifications System) receivers. One of the AIS receivers onboard AAUSAT3 is an SDR (Software Defined Radio) based AIS receiver. The other AIS receiver is a conventional hardware receiver. The goal of AAUSAT3 is to investigate the quality of ship monitoring from space." -- http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Tech.AAUSAT3InDetails http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Tech.AAUSAT3InDe...

tn13 14y ago

ISRO has been delivering tangible output with limited resources. They are also profitable.

naanalla 14y ago

one thing particularly good about ISRO's recent strategy is to launch as many satellites as possible. It's cost effective and also helping academic satellites. and PSLV the workhorse of ISRO.

swatkat 14y ago
Yes. I am looking forward to seeing Antrix (ISRO's commercial division, http://www.antrix.gov.in http://www.antrix.gov.in) doing more commercial launch services.
- rushil92 14y ago
  Aren't all these foreign satellites launched via the antrix programme?
  - pkhagah 14y ago
    I guess they are. ISRO also has a plan to eventually let private players build complete PSLV system(currently they build 80% components) and operate them. Leaving ISRO to concentrate more on GSLV and reusable rocket more.

piyush_ranjan 14y ago

congratulations ISRO. They also have a google maps like app with GIS data layers like Water bodies, roads, villages with population, soil erosion, forest fires, drought etc. http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/bhuvan/bhuvan2d.html http://bhuvan3.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/bhuvan/bhuvan2d.html

playhard 14y ago

Video of the launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wyJMDi07ZKM#t=52s https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&...

liquidwax 14y ago
It looks like they're still using windows 98
- sankalpshere 14y ago
  What matters is how they are used! Computers used during first moon landing were less powerful than today's cellphone chip. :)
  - pugmarx 14y ago
    :D

jamadagni 14y ago

I wish GSLV was ready, wish ISRO has more budget, wish we have a bigger workforce in space R&D. I'm sad that after so many years we don't have a reliable launcher other than PSLV, though it GETS the work done.

ateev 14y ago

Next mission - man on mars!

jonchris 14y ago
why waste so much money. feed the poor

msantos 14y ago

Part of the payload is a nano satellite - STRaND-1 - developed by the University of Surrey (England), that amongst other things got a Google Nexus phone onboard loaded with a custom app which will test if "in space no-one can hear you scream" http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21577780 http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21577780

edwardc 14y ago
The Scream in Space 'experiment' uses screams uploaded to YouTube as part of a competition last year: http://www.screaminspace.com/ http://www.screaminspace.com/ (and since this is HN, https://github.com/cuspaceflight/SpaceScream https://github.com/cuspaceflight/SpaceScream).