Multi-object Tracking Radar will be ready in 2 months: Isro

The Multi-object Tracking Radar, an indigenously developed radar of ISRO would be ready for launch in another two months, said a senior scientist from ISRO.

M Y S Prasad, director of SDSC SHAR, ISRO, has said that the installation of the radar has been completed and it requires a few months of trial. The Organisation is expecting to complete commissioning of the Radar fully in another two to three months.

The space research centre has received the entire allocation of Rs 245 crore for this and the work is in progress, he said.

He denied any tie up between ISRO and Google, stating that ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation has entered into a tie up with US-based Skywalk Synergy and while the latter might have some works with Google, the ISRO has not entered into any agreement with Google.

He added that the PSLV has a return of double the cost spent on sending a satellite.

For instance, the cost of a PSLV, depending upon the configuration, would be around Rs 100-145 crore. Togather with a satellite, the cost would be Rs 400-500 crore, while a communication satellite's life time is around 10-12 crore. The satellite would draw a benefit worth Rs 1000 crore within this time,he added.

"PSLV is the most cost competitive one among the satellite launchers," he said.