{"id":34603,"date":"2018-10-31T12:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34603"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T06:39:32","slug":"external-ground-delays-holding-up-gsat-9-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/external-ground-delays-holding-up-gsat-9-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"External ground delays holding up GSAT-9 benefits:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/external-ground-delays-holding-up-gsat-9-benefits\/article19862662.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External ground delays holding up GSAT-9 benefits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly five months after the South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 was launched, the Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated the processes to set up ground stations for the partners to receiver\/send satellite communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is South Asia Satellite GSAT-9?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 was <\/span><b>launched on<\/b> <b>May 05<\/b><b>th<\/b><b>, 2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 is a Geostationary Communication satellite realized by India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The primary objective of GSAT-9 is to provide various communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Utility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The two solar arrays of GSAT-9 consisting of Ultra Triple Junction solar cells generate about 3500 Watts of electrical power.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun and Earth sensors as well as gyroscopes provide orientation reference for the satellite. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are the benefits of Space Diplomacy in India?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Asia satellite <\/span><b>boosts the regional co-operation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among the member countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reinforces the Indian policy of &#8220;<\/span><b>Neighbourhood First<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It opens new paths of engagement between India and member countries thus <\/span><b>deepening the economic ties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countries involved (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka) \u00a0will <\/span><b>build relations in economy, trade and other purposes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Indian Space Research Organization?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was <\/span><b>formed in 1969<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the space agency of the Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The prime objective of ISRO is to develop space technology and its application to various national tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Vision:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its vision is to &#8220;harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are ISRO\u2019s global outreaches?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISRO has had international co-operation since inception. Some instances are listed below:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishment of <\/span><b>Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TERLS), conduct of <\/span><b>SITE &amp; STEP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, launches of <\/span><b>Aryabhata, Bhaskara APPLE, IRS-IA and IRS-IB<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/ satellites, manned space mission, etc. involved international co-operation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>PSLV<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the indigenous workhorse launch vehicle of India, has not only launched Indian satellites, but 57 satellites from 20 countries as well. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has established a <\/span><b>Centre for Space Science and Technology Education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP) that is sponsored by the United Nations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISRO has enabled <\/span><b>video transmission uplinked<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the countries start using their part of satellite fully, it could open or spur activities for poor and unconnected areas for tele-education and tele-medicine or consultations with doctors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>External ground delays holding up GSAT-9 benefits: Context: Nearly five months after the South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 was launched, the Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated the processes to set up ground stations for the partners to receiver\/send satellite communication. What is South Asia Satellite GSAT-9? South Asia Satellite GSAT-9 was launched on May 05th,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/external-ground-delays-holding-up-gsat-9-benefits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">External ground delays holding up GSAT-9 benefits:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703241267},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}