Bharat Rakshak

Ok the CE20 mystery is resolved. The 'E' in 'CE20' stands for Engine and not for stage. Looking at the panel it is clear how ISRO does the numbering. So C S 12.5 is Cryo stage carrying 12.5 tonne fuel and using the engine CE7.5 developing 7.5 tonne thrust. So C S 25 is Cryo stage carrying 25 tonne ...

The biggest problem with the current GSLV setup is that the SRB burns for a shorter time (107-109s) than the Vikas Engines (160 and now 140s), creating a dead weight of about 30 tons that has to be dragged along with the craft till Stage 1 burns out and falls off . I have looked at other SRBs and I...

10 degree should not impact the satellite, but dont know about the instruments especially optical cameras and so,

2] Indians tend to dream small and are afraid of failure. Why?? I tend to disagree. Probably you havent heard of initial failures for SLV-3, ASLV, PSLV and GSLV. Every failure leads to failure analysis which delays the programme by at least 3 years. Not in the case of PSLV and GSLV for both ISRO re...

Yes it was an IJT and it was flying very very low near airport

Also adding to that, please dont compare the launch vehicles by stage weights alone. The Indian and other countries rocket fuel, thrust and propellants differ greatly. It is also noticed that ISRO starts a launch vehicle with bare minimum payload and will enhance upto 40% later. For example, PSLV wa...

Congrats to all Indian scientists for MIP lander. India is the 4th nation to land in Moon.

Also remembering Nehru, Indira Gandhi for their forethoughts on Indian space programme.

CY is supposed to map the entire moon surface during its lifetime of 2 years. Does this imply that the plane of the final lunar polar orbit will, over the period of time, be rotated "longitudinally" by 360 degrees? I didnt quite understand the question. If you really know how satellites i...

Hello Jingoes, Have got a chance to visit SHAR......however,it seems that non-employees are not allowed inside the "core" facility(am going with a employee friend) Is it worthwhile to visit the place(i.e, do we actually get to see any "good" stuff in the areas non-employees are ...

If the " :wink: " is meant to suggest that you beleive that the increased propellant loading of the PSOM-XL is being met by an increase in the diameter to 1.2 meters, you are incorrect. The increased propellant loading of the PSOM-XL is being met by an increase in the length to 13.5 meter...

Congrats ISRO! Knowledgeable forum members, is the ability to launch multiple sattelites with the same satellite and MIRV technology have any similarities. Can this knowledge be transferred to DRDO for thier warhead seperation As per GOI, space activities and the military activities are totally unr...

Entire 2008 is going to be milestone year in ISRO's history with a lot of launches planned for the year

Great Job, go ahead for the next one....

PRC AQKed W88 warhead designs from massaland using some chinese spies in Los alamos or something like that and the Clinton regime didn't pursue matters vigorously enough. But if the question refers to RV maneuvering capabilities, dunno where PRC got rocket tech from. The rocket tech is well within ...

I wonder if they were able to determine what specifically was wrong with this part, and why. I think that should be a part of the analysis. So this part was 'not testable on ground'? This raises the question of what other rocket parts are not testable on ground; and are additional QA checks needed ...

Harry wrote:Notice how the guys behind Sharieff and Musharaff are both covering their noses.

They can be looking at the dead bodies too

Now what is this? ISRO involved with DRDO, so openly. Quote: ISRO today disclosed that the launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III had gone wrong in the stage of separation and it was analyzing the data. Agni-III, which has a range of 3,500 km is meant to carry nuclear warheads ...

Why is it written CSIR-TCR-HAL-MCA partnership on the front side of the aircraft? Is there something to do with MCA project?

MCA Description on the side of SARAS