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2006-12-14 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john 2006-12-14 10:30|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Isro to perform space capsule recovery experiment

Between January 10 and 15, 2007, the highly-proven four-stage Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will thunder off the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, carrying with it three satellites.

In an interview with Times of India on Saturday, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) G Madhavan Nair, said the three satellites to be carried by the rocket are the indigenous Cartosat-2, to be used for mapping purposes, a space capsule recovery experiment (SRE) and a 50 kilogram Indonesian satellite called Lapan.

The SRE mission is important because the capsule will be placed in orbit at an altitude of 625 km and recovered after sometime.

This will allow Indian Space Research Organisation to study the reusable launch vehicle technology especially in the critical area of re-entry when the capsule will experience searing temperatures.

Once placed in orbit, the capsule carrying some microgravity experiments is expected to remain in that position for 12 to 90 days.

When the drop command is flashed from Isro's telemetry and tracking centre at Bangalore, it will re-enter at a velocity of 1.5 km per second and splash down either in the Bay of Bengal or the Pulicat Lake.

During the final moments of the touchdown the capsule's speed will be reduced with the help of three parachutes.

Nair said the process of integrating the 44-metre tall PSLV rocket has been initiated at Sriharikota.

Posted by john 2006-12-14 10:45|| 2006-12-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 ....God (or Rama)bless 'em, there's plenty of room Out there for those who want to explore and make their fortunes...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-14 12:34|| 2006-12-14 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Ground test at mach 7?

That's one king-hell of a wind tunnel ya got there, boys...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-12-14 14:15|| 2006-12-14 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 IIRC they have two hypersonic wind tunnels for testing models of spacecraft

Posted by john 2006-12-14 15:00|| 2006-12-14 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like they're building a new one (speeds up to mach 12).

The older ones were 2m diameter. It would be interesting to see the specs of this one.

Rs 100-crore hypersonic test facility to come up at VSSC
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

In what would give considerable thrust to Indias long-term space race strategies, a hypersonic test facility that can test speed up to Mach 12 speed is set to come up at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram.

The facility, which is to be installed at a cost of around Rs 100 crore, will materialise in a year, VSSC Associate Director Dr V Adimurthy told this websites newspaper on the sidelines of the 20th national aerospace conference which began on Sunday.

Whats special about the new facility, which is being developed indigenously, is that it will be the first one in the country that can test speed up to Mach 12.

Posted by john 2006-12-14 15:17|| 2006-12-14 15:17|| Front Page Top

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