Industry & Economy
-
Science & Technology
India, US open up space partnership
Our Bureau
Bangalore
,
June 25
ISRO has short-listed two US payloads for its lunar mission. It will also join in an upcoming US environmental satellite system as part of a renewed space partnership that is opening up between the two countries after decades.
The US and two European scientific experiments are being examined for finalisation for the Indian lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, proposed for around 2008, according to the ISRO Chairman, Mr G. Madhavan Nair. He did not give details.
These are among the 30-odd proposals that ISRO received globally for taking on its lunar orbiter along with its own scientific instruments to map the lunar landscape. The spacecraft has 20 kg of excess space to offer other scientific agencies. The decision will depend on the weight of the instruments and their power consumption pattern.
Mr Nair also said the opening of talks with Boeing Satellite Systems for a possibility to jointly build and market 2-tonne satellites was one of the two positive outcomes of the Indo-US space conference that ended on Friday.
The other collaboration with the next-generation US environmental satellite system, NPOESS, is an important one, Mr Nair said. NOAA and ISRO made a joint announcement of it. NPOESS is to be launched in 2009 and will provide quick distribution of global and regional environmental imagery.
More Stories on :
Science & Technology
Article
E-Mail
::
Comment
::
Syndication
::
Printer Friendly Page
|
