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India plans to launch 30 satellites in next decade

BANGALORE: India is mulling to launch at least 30 earth observation satellites in the next one decade, a senior official at the Department of Space (DoS) said on Tuesday.

"We expect not less than 30 satellites," director of the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), under the DoS Dr V Jayaraman said.

NRSC is responsible for remote sensing, satellite data acquisition and processing, data dissemination, aerial remote sensing and decision support for disaster management.

In a plan already drawn up for the next ten years, Indian Space Research Organisation would launch a series of Resourcesat, Cartosat, ocean and atmospheric satellites. This would include Cartosat-3 with 30 cm resolution, he said.

"We will launch Resourcesat-2 in early February or ending January. It will be a replacement satellite for Resourcesat-1 which gives us 5.8 metres, 70 km multi-spectral data for the first time," Jayaraman said.

He said ISRO was setting up an integrated multi-mission ground segment in Hyderabad at an investment of Rs 35 crore to Rs 40 crore which is expected to be operational in June next.

In this single ground station (segment), ISRO would be able to receive all the satellite data "making the (space) products in such a way that every day we will supply 1000 products to the users directly."

Now, NRSC is in a position to deliver space products within four-five days of receiving the data. This new ground segment would enable it to do it within 12 hours and supply "emergency products" within one hour.

Earlier, inaugurating a state-level conference on Karnataka State Geospatial Database, organised by the Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre, Jayaraman stressed that GIS (geographic information system) and remote sensing experts need to leverage the power of cloud computing.

India plans to launch 30 satellites in next decade - The Economic Times
 
And china launched half of those in a year!

You need to look at the category of the satellite before commenting on the quantity of them.

China sent 15 alright, what was the payload of those sats?

Were all of them heavy satellites ?
 
You need to look at the category of the satellite before commenting on the quantity of them.

China sent 15 alright, what was the payload of those sats?

Were all of them heavy satellites ?

15 times,not 15satellites,


123rd. Yaogan 9(a,b,c three satellites) 2010.03.05
130Th,Yaogan 11, P1,P1 three satellites 2010.09.22
132nd, Shijian 6 G,H two satellites 2010.10.06
135th, Shentong 2,ZX20A two satellites 2010.11.25

So about 21 satellites were sent to space in 2010
 
15 times,not 15satellites,


123rd. Yaogan 9(a,b,c three satellites) 2010.03.05
130Th,Yaogan 11, P1,P1 three satellites 2010.09.22
132nd, Shijian 6 G,H two satellites 2010.10.06
135th, Shentong 2,ZX20A two satellites 2010.11.25

So about 21 satellites were sent to space in 2010

Sorry, in my earlier reply, I was looking out for the payload of those sats, not the numbers.
 

I read this comment on your source:

India should focus on increasing payload size.
by ***** on Apr 29, 2008 07:35 AM Permalink

At present India has the capability of carrying small satellites of less than 100 kg to nearly 2.25 tonnes capacity, an area dominated by Russia, China, Ukraine and the European Space Agency.

Globally, the 720-tonne Ariane 5 rocket built by Arianespace of France can effectively put a five-tonne satellite into orbit.

Other rockets capable of putting heavy satellites into space like Atlas V of America%u2019s United Launch Alliance (ULA) can take up to eight tonnes into orbit, but are rarely available for non-US missions.

Most commercial satellites weigh between three tonnes and five tonnes and Ariane 5 can carry two into space at once.

At present Indian launches account for less than 2% of launches with Russia commanding 70% of the commercial launch market.
 
at least we cheer for our friends, unlike others who lack that quality :azn::whistle:

And we cheer for anyone who manages to do something that contributes to knowledge. It doesn't matter who it is. So congratulations China!

Now, can we please move on and ignore the troll.

Thank you!
 

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