The Indian House Analysis Group (ISRO) is gearing up for an additional collaboration with the US with its BlueBird-6 satellite tv for pc, a 6.5-tonne satellite tv for pc anticipated to be launched by the top of the 12 months, stated ISRO Chairman Dr. V. Narayanan on Thursday.
The collaboration has come on the heels of the profitable launch of the NASA-ISRO Artificial Aperture Radar Mission (NISAR) by ISRO in July.
“BlueBird is a communication satellite tv for pc. We have now obtained the satellite tv for pc, and we’re engaged on the launch. The launch car build-up is happening,” Narayanan advised IANS throughout a media briefing for ESTIC-2025. “The date will probably be introduced by the Prime Minister on the acceptable time,” he stated, including, “We’re concentrating on to perform it earlier than the top of this 12 months.”
The Block-2 BlueBird communications satellite tv for pc, developed by the US-based AST SpaceMobile, will probably be launched from the Satish Dhawan House Centre, Sriharikota, aboard India’s strongest rocket, the LVM3. BlueBird-6 is likely one of the heaviest industrial satellites, weighing 6.5 tonnes. The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tv for pc arrived in India from the US on October 19.
In the meantime, Narayanan additionally spoke concerning the Gaganyaan Mission and the progress made beneath the nation’s first human spaceflight program. Narayanan revealed that improvement work for the Gaganyaan Mission is nearing completion, “with about 85 to 90 p.c of subsystem-level actions finalized.”
“We are actually conducting built-in checks and software program validation. Three uncrewed missions will probably be launched earlier than the crewed flight to make sure full security and system reliability,” the ISRO Chief advised IANS.
The Rising Science, Expertise, and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC 2025), scheduled from November 3 to November 5 at Bharat Mandapam, will probably be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The occasion will give attention to accelerating breakthroughs in key scientific domains and fostering collaborations throughout sectors.
Talking concerning the conclave, Narayanan stated that the occasion shouldn’t be just for ISRO however for all science and expertise departments throughout the nation.
“There are 13 science and expertise departments concerned. The occasion will primarily showcase our potential, respect expertise, and perceive the imaginative and prescient of every division — what lies forward and the way India’s business and startup ecosystems are contributing to science and expertise, together with academia,” the ISRO Chief stated.
Dr. A. Rajarajan, Director of the Vikram Sarabhai House Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, pressured the necessity for a lunar module launch car to allow the touchdown of an Indian on the Moon by 2040.
“We have now configured a Lunar Module Launch Car (LMLV), which is within the preliminary levels of design and configuration. It requires a 75,000 kg payload functionality for LEO,” Rajarajan advised IANS.
“We’re engaged on advancing the manufacturing functionality of this car in all features,” he added, whereas emphasizing the necessity for business collaborations.
“Any car improvement is difficult. It has its personal cycle time. We have now to determine an ecosystem to fabricate every thing and incorporate all developments which have occurred globally to be on par by 2040,” Rajarajan stated.
ESTIC 2025 is anticipated to unite Nobel Laureates, business leaders, younger innovators, girls entrepreneurs, and rising science leaders to outline the following frontiers of scientific and technological innovation.