{"id":32164,"date":"2018-10-29T12:54:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32164"},"modified":"2018-10-29T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T07:24:58","slug":"isro-mulls-launching-65-satellites-for-a-slew-of-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-mulls-launching-65-satellites-for-a-slew-of-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO mulls launching 65 satellites for a slew of uses\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/isro-mulls-launching-65-satellites-for-a-slew-of-uses\/article22406486.ece\"><strong>ISRO mulls launching 65 satellites for a slew of uses\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set itself an ambitious to-do list of making and launching around 65 satellites for a slew of uses. They are planned to be realised over the period from 2017 to 2021, according to a top official<\/p>\n<p><strong>They are planned to be realised over the period from 2017 to 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This post-12th Five-Year Plan pace is stupendous as the number of satellites made in India over the last 40-odd years hit a century only a few days ago.<\/li>\n<li>The last three, including two small ones, were rolled out of its Bengaluru centre in late December and are slated to be launched this month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Jump in output<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new goal puts ISAC\u2019s annual asking rate at around 18 satellites a year: ISAC would now need to come out with three satellites every two months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Output<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since ISAC was set up in 1972 and until a few years ago, this used to be its average yearly output.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Varied purposes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ISAC\u2019s spacecraft are meant for communication, navigation and Earth observation (EO), for both general and strategic purposes, while new emerging applications are getting added<\/li>\n<li>In the four-year list, ISAC counts 26 for communication, 28 for EO and seven for navigation besides the scientific missions Aditya-L1 and XPoSat, apart from a few small experimental satellites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awaiting approval<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few proposals made during 2017 are awaiting approval<\/p>\n<p>A satellite launch costs \u20b9200-\u20b9300 crore depending on its size and the level of technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outsourcing to Indian industries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ISAC started to outsource some of the large and critical activities of satellite assembly and testing to Indian industry<\/li>\n<li>The second such project for the ninth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1I, is under way at an ISAC campus.<\/li>\n<li>ISRO expected industry to give them the additional six satellites a year beyond the 12 that they would build.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRO mulls launching 65 satellites for a slew of uses\u00a0 Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has set itself an ambitious to-do list of making and launching around 65 satellites for a slew of uses. 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