Bharat Rakshak

Abhijit N

I was wondering...if GAGAN can provide 7.6m accuracy... http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/icg/2008/expert/2-3.pdf ..then we have the technology for accuracy up to that resolution right ? So why is the IRNSS still restricted to 18m....have they already frozen the design or is the technology of the 2 p...

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Will our reentry vehicle also be designed for graceful degradation like the Soyuz ? http://www.technologyreview.com/files/22616/0109-SPACE-E_x600.jpg http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/21808/page12/ I think even if most of the systems fail the Soyuz still makes it home which is one of th...

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These include a salary hike after the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. “ISRO’s entry-level salary, including all allowances, is around Rs. 35,000 at the Bangalore office, which engineering and science graduates find as competitive as IT firms The initial salary has certainly improved ...but it...

Abhijit N

What's a Bhangi !!!??

Don't roast me please

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Madhavan Nair: Well, I think the first step is we should develop the capability to have the human going in the earth orbit. So now we have cast a project report, which envisages the development of a capsule that can carry two to three passengers on board the Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV). W...

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I agree....12,000 crore is way too much. Cash is precious in these hard times. And what if we do launch a man into space... assuming things go perfectly, do we have the financial muscle to keep doing it. Getting an accurate positioning system like the Gagan and making some money through satellite la...

Abhijit N

These 2 pics show distinct flow lines of some sort ... http://isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/imagesfromchandrayaan/moon_233_cut_2_ANNO.jpg http://isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/imagesfromchandrayaan/moon_233_cut_1_ANNO.jpg Maybe molten material flowing after impacts...or WATER from the time when dinosaurs ruled...

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This means the ISRO lander would soft land, deploy the russian rover, deploy the lander's robotic arm, scoop a sample and launch the canister towards the orbiter. The orbiter would then attempt a reentry with the sample. I was just wondering about the rendezvous of the canister with the orbiter. Wo...

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....The drag and weight factor for this can be reduced by using compression lift I was reading about compression lift here: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/design/waverider/design.shtml The author gives a layman's explanation of how a vehicle shape can be derived to harness compression lift. Here is th...

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That is good news!!!....1 more point for IAF being for Indigenous development but... http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/15002523/HAL-to-make-India8217s-firs.html State-run military plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, or HAL, will produce India’s first passenger aircraft, after the Indian Air Force, ...

Abhijit N

It seems improbable that ISRO would have allowed a free ride to instruments like the M3 without getting hands on the "legends/maps" etc to interpret the data...that would be most unfair ! ...helium could sneak right past our noses without we being aware !

Abhijit N

Thanks disha....I got this: In an operational setting with LACE, the system was to be placed behind a supersonic air intake which would compress the air through ram compression, then a heat exchanger would rapidly cool it using some of the liquid hydrogen fuel stored on board. The resulting liquid a...

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Yeah Gerard ...you are right :oops: ..just read up on that.. silica tiles and carbon-phenolic composite ablative nose cap. And planning on full carbon composites for RLV..seems they have the problems licked more or less. By the way I was wondering how the RLV manages to liquify oxygen onboard... And...

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...larger mass fraction required for re-entry stress abatement. Are we talking tiles here like the ceramic ones in the X37 that disha mentioned...that will add quite a bit of weight combined with lots of maintenance to prevent Columbia like disaster...or are there better options like maybe silica w...

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..also pave way for an Indian colony on moon, a few decades down.

That'll be something!!

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Wind tunnel model Of RLV- TD That looks so cool...so what are the challenges to making it manned after the demo flight? I guess they will have to design it on the lines of fighter plane cockpits and the experience with the Soyuz redesign for the manned mission should help(apologies for my ignorance...

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But how will blocking uploads to foreign nations help? The feeds are still available nationally right ?

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Just came across this:-

"Forgiving a terrorist- Must be left to "GOD"
But fixing their appointment with "GOD" is our responsibility"
-Indian Army

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Heavy firing, explosions at Taj hotel.

Guess only the Taj is left to be secured....how many pigs there and exactly whats happening please.

Abhijit N

Now NSG has come out and slapped a few idiots

Way to go!

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And then those two grenades fired at those two windows and the window glass shattered and blacked out. WOW !!!

Thats right!! Kicking A$$ now!!

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Commandos are engaging enemy at Nariman house. Explosions heard and smoke seen coming out of the third floor.

Any news about Nariman House Hari......are the pigs porked yet ?

Abhijit N

Times Now
NSG clears one wing of Taj of terrorists.

Does that include the pig lobbing grenades inside Taj ?

Thanks for continuous posting guys, Internet slow due to flooding here in Chennai

Abhijit N

Bhailog, how is the sentiment over in the desh? Is the aam admi on the street gaga over this, or this still playing only on "select theaters". Sadly the aam janta hardly knows much...I was showing the images to some of mah friends yesterday and they were asking me...oh! so how many guys l...

Abhijit N

Just a foolish question...I may have got my orientation wrong...but how do you say the light is from the NE...is the craft orbiting from East to West...so MIP entered at same angle ?

or is the image flipped - "as received"

Abhijit N

The shadow in this image

http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/ima ... S_2936.bmp

is because of a nearby mountain range I guess or is the MIP entering the Lunar night ?...though the shadow fades out towards the right

Abhijit N

Don't think so....

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Nitesh wrote: "The images will be beamed to Istrac's space centre through electrical signals for processing and developing into high resolution pictures of one-five metres," Satish added.

Is the resolution actually higher than 5 meters then ..

Abhijit N

http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Oct31_2008.htm FIRST PICS http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/chandrayaan/image1.jpg http://www.isro.org/pslv-c11/photos/chandrayaan/image2.jpg The Terrain Mapping camera (TMC) on board Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft was successfully operated on October 29, 2008 through a ...

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UK Railway Archives

Lovely Site - Thanks Sachin!

Abhijit N

Thats right ...and manned mission by 2015 I heard

Abhijit N

Now all depends on the antennas at Byalalu

Abhijit N

23000 Km to 240 Km orbit...orbit raising will begin now.

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Final stage separated

A perfect launch !

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final stage kick in

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Launch!!

Cleared cloud cover - no lightning stopping it now

Clapping going around!!

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2 mins

Abhijit N

Any idea about the weather there...guess they should be able to launch inspite of rain

Abhijit N

The IBN on- the-spot reporter is on edge....guys the web cast from ISRO is rather jerky...their server taxed out

...or is it my connection..

Edit: rite you are Muppalla

Abhijit N

Dude the link works in Internet Explorer...opens media player..don't try with mozilla now

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