India, ISRO all set to launch lunar mission in 2007 Wednesday, January 26, 2005
[India News]: Indian Space Research Organisation's will launch unmanned lunar mission in 2007 as scheduled, said ISRO Chairman P. Madhavan Nair. "ISRO has completed all design activities for the mission. We are in the process of building special instruments required for the mission," he told reporters during a meeting at Satyabhama deemed university. ISRO had also designed a special three stage tracking network to monitor the mission, when the spacecraft was in orbit. A special ground station had been designed and would come up near Bangalore, he said. The spacecraft would keep on circling the moon and would send data, he said, adding a small equipment in the spacecraft would detach itself and descend to the moon surface. This would also send data. The Communication satellite INSAT 4A with 12 KU band and 12 C Band transponders would be launched from the launch pad at French Guyana in May this year. The satellite would weigh 3.5 tonnes and would enable 100 television channels to transmit programmes, he said. ISRO would also launch a carto satellite from Sriharikota by end of March or in early April this year. This would help mapping the landmass of the country. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/mGEjbB/5WnJAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
