ISRO touching the skies!

PSLV-C34 Credits - ISRO

Day after day ISRO is reaching a new milestone and creating history. After Aryabhatta (The 1st satellite), GSLV, PSLV, IRS series, INSAT series, GSAT series, IRNSS series, Chandrayan-1 and 2, and the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyan)...

ISRO launches and successfully deploys 20.... YES.....20 satellites together into there respective orbits, on board PSLV-C34 on June 22nd 2016, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

The 20 satellites include, 

1. Cartosat-2 series satellite (India) - Primary Satellite

   After the satellite is brought to its final operational configuration, it will begin to provide remote sensing services using its panchromatic (black and white) and multispectral (colour) cameras.

The images sent by the Cartosat-2 series satellite will be useful for cartographic applications, utility management like road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, precision study, change detection to bring out geographical and man-made features and various other Land Information System (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.

2. SATHYABAMASAT (India)

     This satellite was made by Sathyabama University, Chennai. Its main objective is to collect data on green house gases like, CO2, CO, Water vapour, CH4 and HF.

3. SWAYAM (India)

     This satellite was made by College of Engineering, Pune. It will be used to provide point to point messaging services to the HAM community.

LAPAN-A3

SATHYABAMASAT and SWAYAM (L to R)

4. LAPAN-A3 (Indonesia)

     It is a micro-satellite, meant for multi spectral remote sensing for environmental monitoring, land use and natural resources.

5. BIROS (Germany)

     It stands fro 'Berlin Infrared Optical System', and it is a small satellite for the German Aerospace Center ((DLR). Its objective is to remote sense the high temperature events.

M3MSat

BIROS

6. M3MSat (Canada)

     It stands for 'Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Micro-satellite'. It is actually a technology demonstration mission. Its mission is to collect and study the Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals form the low-Earth orbit.

7. GHGSat-D (Canada)

     It is an Earth observation satellite made by the Space flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace studies. It would be used for measuring the atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4).

GHGSat-D

 

8. SkySat Gen2-1 (USA)

     It is a small imaging satellite built by Terra Bella, a google company based in Mountain View, California. It will be capturing sub-meter resolution imagery and HD videos.

9. Twelve Dove Satellites (USA)

     These are also Earth imaging satellites. They were carried inside three QuadPack dispensers. It is the Flock-2P.

Dove Satellite

ISRO is always trying for making its mark in the history. We look forward to the upcoming missions.

Just Imagine! Just Think! WHAT IF !?!

Is everything that we see, feel or do, REAL??.

If we think about it then it becomes a very deep and a debatable question, that “Is everything in the whole universe REAL or is it just our Imagination”.

What if, all that we touch, see, and make is only our imagination, if it is so then it is no ordinary imagination, it is an imagination so strong and powerful that our conscious mind cannot even properly read or decode or understand such complex and powerful imagination.

From this kind of perception, another big question comes up, which is:

If everything is just an imagination then is it possible to do anything in this world?!! As it is said that imagination can do anything, my answer would be YES! We can. Anything like being invisible or flying in the sky or sharpening the brain or even immortalizing ourselves, you name it; condition being that one must learn how to control that complex and powerful imagination.

Our mind has levels of consciousness. And that level of consciousness has been decreased exponentially since the ancient times of gods. The first type of beings who resided here on earth or rather I should say, they actually started life here are known as the Naacals. Though there is no scientific or archaeological evidence for the existence of the Naacals. Naacals are said to be the beings of the highest consciousness level.

They already knew about the whole universe and it’s working. They could actually control that complex imagination because of which they could do such things which are considered to be impossible in today’s world, for example, time travelling, levitation and even being immortal. They could practically do anything. To know how this could be possible please refer to the term known as ‘Markhaba’ and ‘Energy Serpent’. So, as said before there was an exponential decrease in the level of consciousness, because of which our level of understanding and controlling that complex imagination almost zeroed down. I would like to recommend a video on YouTube: ‘Hidden Human History Movie - Hypothesis for Consideration Purpose Only’. This video is of about 56mins, so people who are truly interested should definitely take out time and watch the video as it will DEFINITLEY amaze you and keep you involved. Also, now a days I am reading a book named “The Future Of The Mind” written by Dr. Michio Kaku (Theoretical Physicist ), it’s a must read for those people who are really interested in science and the evolution of our mind and also astronomy. I would also recommend the readers to read about The Higgs Boson, also known as ‘The god particle’.

Stay tuned as the knowledge doesn't end here. I would be writing and posting more about the topics that I have mentioned in this post. 

India has taken a step ahead in developing its Navigation System!!

PSLV-C24

Blast Off , PSLV-C24, Payload - IRNSS-1B

Indian scientists and researchers at ISRO are working hard in developing India's own Navigation System. They are doing so by setting up a set/constellation of SEVEN satellites, collectively known as Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The satellites are named as; IRNSS-1A , IRNSS-1B/ 1C/ 1D/ 1E/ 1F/ 1G.

The 1st satellite (IRNSS-1A) was launched on 1st of July, 2013, aboard the PSLV-C22 rocket.

Recently the 2nd satellite (IRNSS-1B) was launched on 4th of April, 2014, aboard the PSLV-C24 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

IRNSS-1B

The IRNSS constellation will consist of 3 satellites in Geostationary Orbit and the other 4 in Geosynchronous Orbit. The system is designed to be compatible with the US Global Positioning System and Europe's upcoming Galileo constellation using navigation signals in S-Band and at L5. The deployed constellation will only cover India and surrounding regions. 

In 2014 itself, TWO more navigational satellites - (IRNSS-1C and IRNSS-1D) would be launched. THREE more navigational satellites - (IRNSS-1E, IRNSS-1F and IRNSS-1G) will be launched early 2015 and by middle of 2015.

Mars Orbiter Mission -India (2013 Recap)

The year 2013 was quite an eventful year. Many important projects, space missions, satellites were launched and initiated and also observable sky events took place.

One of the most important event that took place in 2013 was the Mars Orbiter Mission of India.

Small basic information and details about the mission :

India, on 5^th November 2013, launched its mars orbiter, casually called “MANGALYAN” via PSLV- C25 rocket from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

It is India's first interplanetary mission and, if successful, ISRO would become the fourth space agency to reach Mars, after the Soviet space program, NASA, and European Space Agency.

It is expected to enter orbit around Mars on 24^th September 2014.

Travelling at a speed of 1.55 km per second, Mangalyan crossed half way to Mars on 11 April 2014.

One of the main objectives of the first Indian mission to Mars is to develop the technologies required for design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission. 

Following are the major objectives of the mission:

      A.     Technological Objectives:

     ·    Design and realization of a Mars orbiter with a capability to survive and perform Earth bound maneuvers, cruise phase of 300 days, Mars orbit insertion / capture, and on-orbit phase around Mars.

·         Deep space communication, navigation, mission planning and management.

·         Incorporate autonomous features to handle contingency situations.

B.      Scientific Objectives:

·         Exploration of Mars surface features, morphology, mineralogy and Martian atmosphere by indigenous scientific instruments.

Curiosity Unable To Detect Methane!!!

How can we know that there is a possibility of life on some planet? Well, 90% of the people will say that , the presence of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, Carbon , plants etc..... None of it is wrong but one thing that can give quite an idea of life existence on a planet is the presence of Methane gas.It is so because, Methane is created naturally near the Earth's surface by Micro-organisms by the process Methanogenesis and then carried out into the stratosphere by rising air in the tropics. 95% of Earth's Methane is produced through microbial organisms.So, if there is life then there must be methane (As per current knowledge of life existence).

We all know that space scientists have predicted that there might have been life on Mars through some of the evidences that they have found in some samples of the Martian rocks that were found on the Earth. According to the study of Mars, done from the Earth over the period of time, telescopes and satellites have reported seeing small but significant volumes of the gas, one of them is Methane. But the martian rover, The Curiosity, has been unable to detect any amount of Methane gas. From the tests conducted by the Curiosity, it has not been possible to discern any methane to within the present limits of the TLS's sensitivity.

This means that if the gas is there, it can constitute no more than 1.3ppbv (parts per billion volume) of the atmosphere - equivalent to just over 10,000 tonnes of the gas. This upper limit is about six times lower than the previous estimates of what should be present, based on the satellite and telescope observations, which creates a big question mark on the earlier estimated volume of methane on Mars. 

Methane at Mars could have a number of possible sources, of course - not just microbial activity. It could be delivered by comets or asteroids, or produced internally by geological processes. But it is the link to life that has most intrigued planetary scientists. Curiosity and the scientists are still working hard to unlock the answer to this mystery.