{"id":2493,"date":"2020-01-07T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T10:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T10:54:55","slug":"india-gearing-to-set-up-indian-data-relay-satellite-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/india-gearing-to-set-up-indian-data-relay-satellite-system\/","title":{"rendered":"India Gearing to Set Up Indian Data Relay Satellite System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In News<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>India is planning to establish its own space-to-space tracking and\ncommunication of its space assets using by putting in place a new series of\nsatellite system called the Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-Detail <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Indian Space Research Organisation\n(ISRO) is gearing to set up IDRSS this year with the launch of new satellites. <\/li><li>These satellites will track and\ncommunicate constantly with Indian satellites, especially those that are in the\nlow-earth orbit and have limited coverage of earth. <\/li><li>The IDRSS is a part of ISRO\u2019s\nroadmap which involves LEO missions like space docking, space station, and\nouter space expeditions like missions to the moon, Mars and Venus. <\/li><li>As per ISRO, IDRSS will also be\nuseful for tracking launches.<\/li><li>The first beneficiary of IDRSS\nwill be the crew members of the Gaganyaan Mission. <\/li><li>The crew members can be\nconstantly in touch with the ground stations and there will be 100% full\nvisibility.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work In Progress <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>As per ISRO, work on two IDRSS\nsatellites has already begun.<\/li><li>The first satellite will be\nlaunched at the end of 2020.<\/li><li>The launch will precede the\npre-Gaganyaan experimental unmanned space flight which will have a humanoid\ndummy in it. <\/li><li>The second satellite will be\nplaced in orbit in 2021. <\/li><li>The two satellites track, send\nand receive information from the crew 24\/7.<\/li><li>The coverage will be\nnear-total.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Countries <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Space major nations like the\nUSA and Russia started their space relay program in the late 1970s-80s. <\/li><li>Each country has around 10\nsatellites now.<\/li><li>They used the satellites to\nmonitor their space stations Mir and the International Space Station and the\nHubble Space Telescope.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IDRSS Satellite Specifications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The satellites will be in the\n2,000kg class.<\/li><li>They will be launched on the\nGSLV launcher. <\/li><li>The satellites will be placed\nin the geostationary orbits (GEO) around 36,000km away from the surface of the\nearth. <\/li><li>In GEO orbits, the satellites\nwill be facing a fixed area on the earth all the time. <\/li><li>One GEO satellite can cover a\nthird of the world and three such satellites will provide complete coverage. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need for IDRSS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To track the human launch\nmission and the crew craft that travels at a distance of 400<\/li><li>&nbsp;Km from the earth, a dedicated ground station\nis a must. <\/li><li>The existing ground stations\nare not sufficient for the task. <\/li><li>ISRO would have to build a\nseries of ground stations everywhere or hire them across the globe. <\/li><li>This is a costly affair and\nhence the need for relay satellites. <\/li><li>Also, with ground stations,\ncomplete tracking of the craft is unlikely.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In News India is planning to establish its own space-to-space tracking and communication of its space assets using by putting in place a new series <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/india-gearing-to-set-up-indian-data-relay-satellite-system\/\" title=\"India Gearing to Set Up Indian Data Relay Satellite System\">    [read more]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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