जनवरी-जून 2017 January-June 2017 The Indian Space Programme Space activities in the country were initiated with the setting up of Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) in 1962. In the same year, work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), near Thiruvananthapuram, was also started. The Indian space programme was institutionalised in November 1969 with the formation of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Government of India constituted the Space Commission and established the Department of Space (DOS) in June 1972 and brought ISRO under DOS in September 1972. Department of Space has the primary responsibility of promoting the development of space science, technology and applications towards achieving self reliance and assisting in all round development of the PRL: Physical Research Laboratory NARL: National Atmospheric nation. Towards this, DOS has evolved the following Research Laboratory NE-SAC: North Eastern Space Applications programmes: Centre SCL: Semi-Conductor Laboratory IIST: Indian Institute of • Indian National Satellite (INSAT) programme Space Science and Technology ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation Antrix: Antrix Corporation Limited VSSC: Vikram for telecommunications, TV broadcasting, Sarabhai Space Centre LPSC: Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre meteorology, developmental education, etc. IPRC: ISRO Propulsion Complex SDSC: Satish Dhawan Space • Remote Sensing programme for the application Centre ISAC: ISRO Satellite Centre SAC: Space Applications Centre NRSC: National Remote Sensing Centre IISU: ISRO of satellite imagery for various developmental Inertial Systems Unit DECU: Development and Educational purposes Communication Unit MCF: Master Control Facility ISTRAC: ISRO • Indigenous capability for design and development Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network LEOS: Laboratory for Electro-optics Systems IIRS: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing of spacecraft and associated technologies for communications, resources survey, navigation and space sciences • Design and development of launch vehicles with indigenous technology for access to space and orbiting INSAT, IRS spacecraft and space science missions • Research and development in space sciences and technologies as well as application programme for national development The Space Commission formulates the policies and oversees the implementation of the Indian space programme to promote the development and application of space science and technology for the socio-economic benefit of the country. DOS implements these programmes through, mainly, Indian Space Research Organisation, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), North Eastern-Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC) and Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL). Antrix Corporation, established in 1992 as a Government owned company, markets space products and services. Both the DOS and ISRO Headquarters are located at Bengaluru. The developmental activities are carried out at the Centres and Units spread over the country. So far, 91 Indian Satellite Missions, nine Students Satellites, two Re-entry Missions – SRE-1 and CARE module and 63 Launch Vehicle Missions (including RLV-TD and Scramjet Engine - TD) have been conducted from Sriharikota. जनवरी-जून 2017 January-June 2017 Contents India's GSAT-17 Communication Satellite Launched Successfully 04 PSLV-C38 Successfully Launches 31 Satellites in a Single Flight 05 Mars Orbiter Mission Completes 1000 Days in Orbit 07 First Developmental Flight of India's GSLV-Mk III Successfully 08 launches GSAT-19 Satellite The First Developmental Flight of GSLV-Mk III 09 National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM) 11 Version 3.0 Released 3 January-June 2017 2017 जनवरी-जून NARL MST Radar Observations Help Resolve Ionospheric Page 12 Echoing Riddle GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia Satellite 13 209 Foreign Satellites Launched by PSLV 14 South Asia Satellite: GSAT-9 16 January-June 2017 January-June ISRO Develops "Solar Calculator" Android App 17 Long Eclipse Avoidance Manoeuvres Performed Successfully on 17 MOM Spacecraft Satish Dhawan Wind Tunnel Complex Commissioned at VSSC 18 Editors ISRO Organises Smart India Hackathon-2017 Grand Finale 19 Deviprasad Karnik A S Padmavathy ISRO signs Three MoUs with Government of Andhra Pradesh for 20 B R Guruprasad use of Geo-spatial Technology ISRO Joins 36th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica 21 NARL Celebrates Silver Jubilee of Establishment of MST Radar 23 PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight 24 The Unique Triumph of PSLV-C37 26 Indigenous development of Telemetry & Telecommand 27 Processor (TTCP) 'SPACE INDIA' is published by the Indian Space Research Organisation for limited circulation. Articles appearing in SPACE INDIA may be reproduced, accompanied by the credit line "Reprinted from SPACE INDIA" along with the date of issue. Editorial / Circulation Office Publications & Public Relations Unit, ISRO Headquarters, Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bengaluru - 560 231, India. India's GSAT-17 Communication Satellite Launched Successfully India's latest communication satellite, GSAT-17 GSAT-17 is designed to provide continuity of services was inducted into the INSAT/GSAT system on June on operational satellites in C-band, Extended C-band 29, 2017 from Kourou, French Guiana by Ariane-5 and S-bands. After its lift-off at 0245 hrs (2:45 am) VA-238. Weighing 3477 kg at lift-off, GSAT-17 carries IST and a flight lasting about 39 minutes, GSAT-17 Payloads in Normal C-band, Extended C-band and separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage in an elliptical S-band to provide various communication services. Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) with a perigee GSAT-17 also carries equipment for metereological (nearest point to Earth) of 249 km and an apogee data relay and satellite based search and rescue (farthest point to Earth) of 35,920 km, inclined at an services being provided by earlier INSAT satellites. angle of 3 degrees to the equator. GSAT-17 became India’s third communication satellite to successfully reach orbit in the past two ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan months. in Karnataka took over the command and control of GSAT-17 immediately after its separation from the launch vehicle. Preliminary health checks of the satellite revealed its normal functioning. Subsequently, the orbit raising manoeuvres were performed to place GSAT-17 satellite in the Geostationary Orbit (36,000 km above the equator) by using the satellite’s propulsion system in steps. After the completion of orbit raising operations, 4 the two solar arrays and both the antenna reflectors Page of GSAT-17 were deployed. Following this, the satellite was put in its final orbital configuration. GSAT-17 was positioned at 74 deg East longitude in the geostationary orbit and co-located with the Indian operational geostationary satellites. Later, communication payloads of GSAT-17 were turned January-June 2017 January-June on. After the successful completion of all the in-orbit tests, GSAT-17 was made ready for operational use. The designed in-orbit operational life of GSAT-17 is about 15 years. GSAT-17 Undergoing Vibration Test Communication, Meteorological data relay and Services satellite based search and rescue Orbit Geostationary Mission Life About 15 years Life-off Mass 3477 kg Dry mass 1480 kg Spacecraft Control 3 Axis body Stabilised Propulsion Bi-propellant system 6200 W from solar arrays, Power Two 144 Ah Li-lon batteries Salient Features of GSAT-17 PSLV-C38 Successfully Launches 31 Satellites in a Single Flight ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C38 One of the 30 co-passenger satellites carried by successfully launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 Series PSLV-C38 was the 15 kg NIUSAT, a University/ Satellite along with 30 co-passenger satellites on June Academic Institute satellite from Noorul Islam 23, 2017 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, University, Tamil Nadu, India. The remaining 29 Sriharikota. This is the thirty ninth consecutively co-passenger satellites carried were international successful mission of PSLV. customer satellites from USA (10), United Kingdom (3), Belgium (3), Italy (3), Austria (1), Chile PSLV-C38 lifted off at 0929 hrs (9:29 am) IST, as (1), Czech Republic (1), Finland (1), France (1), planned, from the First Launch Pad. After a flight of Germany (1), Japan (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1) and about 16 minutes, the satellites achieved a polar Sun Slovakia (1). Synchronous Orbit of 505 km inclined at an angle of 97.44 degree to the equator (very close to the intended With this successful launch, the total number of orbit) and in the succeeding seven and a half minutes, customer satellites from abroad placed in orbit all the 31 satellites successfully separated from the by India’s workhorse launch vehicle PSLV has PSLV in a predetermined sequence beginning with reached 209. Cartosat-2 series satellite, followed by NIUSAT and PSLV-C38 at a Glance 29 customer satellites. The total number of Indian Stage-1 Stage-2 Stage-3 Stage-4 satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 48. Core Stage Nomenclature PSI 6 Strap-on PS2 PS3 PS4 After separation, the two solar arrays of Cartosat-2 Motors Earth Earth series satellite were deployed automatically and Composite Composite Propellant Storable Storable 5 ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network solid solid Liquid Liquid (ISTRAC) at Bengaluru took over the control of Page 138.2 (Core), the satellite. In the following days, the satellite Propellant 6 x 12.2 42.0 7.6 2.5 Mass (T)