Page 5 - Satellites

Need separate pan-India licence for Satellite Earth Station Gateways: TRAI

A satellite gateway (also referred to as a teleport or hub) is a ground station that transmits data to and from the satellite to the local area network

Vikram-S rocket launch shows what an Indian start-up can do: Skyroot exec

Company behind privately developed rocket is looking for investors, says its co-founder

'Deregulation of uplinking of satellite television channels within a month'

The government on Friday said it will deregulate uplinking of satellite television channels within a month in a bid to make India an uplinking hub. Addressing the India Space Congress here, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said of the 898 television channels broadcast in the country, 532 use foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking of their services. "We want to deregulate uplinking to satellites under the guidelines so that India can become a hub," Chandra said. He said the uplinking and downlinking guidelines were last issued in 2011 and the process to revise them was underway. "The guidelines will be revised soon, may be within a month," Chandra told reporters later. He said neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan can also use India as a hub for uplinking their television channels. Chandra said the government had approved USD 102 million (one million = 10 lakh) in remittances to foreign satellite operators over the last two years fo

'Centre plans to deregulate uplinking of satellite television channels'

The government will soon deregulate uplinking of satellite television channels in a bid to make India an uplinking hub. Addressing the India Space Congress here, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Friday that of the 898 television channels broadcast in the country, 532 use foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking of their services. "We want to deregulate uplinking to satellites under the guidelines so that India can become a hub," Chandra said. He said the uplinking and downlinking guidelines were last issued in 2011 and the process to revise them was underway. "The guidelines will be revised soon, may be within a month," Chandra told reporters later. He said neighbouring countries such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan can also use India as a hub for uplinking their television channels. Chandra said the government had approved USD 102 million (one million = 10 lakh) in remittances to foreign satellite operators over the past two years for providing .

ISRO all set for maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to make its maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on-board the space agency's heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle LVM3-M2, the countdown for which began early on Saturday at Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The 43.5 metre tall rocket is scheduled to lift-off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 12.07 am on Sunday. The rocket is dubbed as one of the heaviest for its ability to carry satellites upto 8,000 kgs. Sunday's launch assumes significance as the LVM3-M2 mission is the maiden dedicated commercial mission for NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO. The mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between NewSpace India Ltd and United Kingdom-based Network Access Associates Ltd (OneWeb Ltd), ISRO said. According to the space agency, the mission would carry the heaviest payloads with 36 satellites of OneWeb becoming the ..

Countdown begins tonight for launch of 36 satellites on ISRO's rocket LVM3

Shortly after Friday midnight, the countdown will begin for the launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on board ISRO's heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) from Sriharikota spaceport. The launch of 'LVM3 - M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission' is scheduled at 0007 hours IST on October 23 (midnight of October 22). OneWeb is a private satellite communications company. India's Bharti Enterprises is a major investor and shareholder in OneWeb. It will mark the launcher's entry into the global commercial launch service market, according to the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency. "A 24-hour countdown is slated to begin at 0007 hours on October 22," an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said on Friday afternoon. NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a central public sector enterprise under the Department of Space, had earlier signed two launch service contracts with the London-headquartered Network Access Associated Limited (OneWeb) for launching OneWeb LEO (low

Why Isro's maiden SSLV mission failed

On 7th August, the Indian Space Research Organisation's maiden SSLV mission failed. It was a challenging day for Isro with the mission running into rough weather. After a few hours of the launch from Sriharikota, the newly developed SSLV suffered data loss and the satellites were no longer usable. Watch the video to know what went wrong.

Virgin Orbit successfully launches 7 satellites in first night mission

Virgin Orbit's fully mobile LauncherOne system conducted its first ever evening flight from a bare concrete pad and a runway at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-24 successfully launched

The GSAT-24 satellite, built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America) on Thursday

Govt may not auction 27.5-28.5 Ghz band, leave it for satellite firms

Two official sources acknowledged that Department of Telecom (DoT) is considering auctioning spectrum only up to 27.5 Ghz as sharing between the two services is difficult

Mumbai-based start-up plans to set up fuel stations in outer space

Orbit Fab, a US-based company, has also unveiled plans to launch re-fuelling services for satellites and aims to set up fuel depots in low earth and geostationary orbits

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellites

OneWeb is a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the UK government

Spectrum prices must be nominal: Nelco managing director P J Nath

Nelco has tied up with Canadian-based satellite operator Telesat and will offer broadband services in 2024

Starlink services now have 250,000 users across 25 countries: Elon Musk

SpaceX has about 1,800 Starlink satellites in orbit.

Satellite broadband: RIL's entry could mark start of another telecom battle

Reliance could also build a constellation from scratch as Google is doing but that would be time-consuming. Plus, the competition has already put up large numbers of satellites in space

Starlink's satellite blitz and the issue of close encounters in space

The last decade has seen increasing problems with space junk and live satellites

Keep hands off USO fund, it's our money: Telecom firms to satellite players

The USO fund was set up by the government in 2003 to provide a subsidy for inclusive communication growth.

Satellite communications could improve quality of existing mobile networks

Satellite communication is expensive, but it has a strong use case

Amazon seeks US approval to deploy 4,500 additional satellites

Amazon had said previously it planned to spend at least $10 billion to build 3,236 such satellites through its Project Kuiper programme

Satellites could help track if nations keep their carbon pledges

The researchers said that by plugging satellite measurements of CO2 into an Earth-systems model, they were able to detect small reductions in atmospheric concentration of the gas over the US