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Subj: India's Space Agency to Build a Slew of Satellites
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 124.08 From AMSAT HQ
Silver Spring, MD. May 4, 2003
To All Radio Amateurs
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India is developing a slew of satellites for uses ranging from navigation=
to
tele-medicine, the chief of the national space agency said.
The Indian Space Research Organisation chairman said the agency was
experimenting with satellite navigation systems modelled on those used in
Europe and the United States.
India is also developing a satellite network devoted exclusively to
education called EDUSAT.
"Here we had a discussion with the human resource development ministry an=
d
now we are building a satellite" to help with teacher training at the
primary and university levels in remote regions.
The agency is also seeking a foothold in tele-medicine, the chairman said.
"The idea is to bring the best of medical help from the city to rural are=
as.
If everything goes well and there is a justification for a full-fledged
satellite then we may go for a health satellite," he said.
Established in 1969, the ISRO launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, on
April 19, 1975.
The first operational Indian remote sensing satellite was launched in 198=
8
while the communications satellite INSAT took off in 1982, the first of s=
ix
such satellites sent into orbit.
Satellites devoted to astronomy and to study the physical characteristics=
of
clouds are also on the drawing board.
[ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information]
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