My qualifications: I'm currently pursuing my MTech in VLSI Design from a 2nd generation IIT.

I wish to join ISRO after my MTech. Can anyone suggest what are the ways? Do I have to take the conventional way of clearing GATE (or ICRB) and interview or is there some other way for MTech people like direct campus recruitment?

This will be a tech demonstration of flexible solar cells on MOI-TD as well. The cell comes with protection laminate and simple adhesive which makes assembly ultra simple.

currently an undergrad and my dream, always has been abt being an engineer at ISRO. Should i attend the ICRB exam or do my masters at iitm as an aerospace engineer? Also will the job position i get through ICRB, a permanent one?

Source: https://ipindia.gov.in/e-gateways.htm

Invention Title : A Novel LAM Throat Capturing & Preloading Mechanism For Autonomous Capture Of Non-Cooperative Spacecraft

Application Number : 202441061642

Applicant name : Indian Space Research Organisation

Publication Date : 23 August 2024

Documents : [Archived]

Few drawings : https://imgur.com/a/NKoBd2E

Short description of invention : Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) Throat Capturing and Preloading (LTCP) mechanism for On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) to extend the life of non-cooperative spacecraft in LEO or GEO nearing end-of-life.

Invention Title : A Novel Grasping And Preloading Mechanism For Grasping Non-Cooperative Spacecrafts

Application Number : 202441061643

Applicant name : Indian Space Research Organisation

Publication Date : 23 August 2024

Documents : [Archived]

Few drawings : https://imgur.com/a/NjCMJ5D

Short description of invention : Launch Adapter Ring (LAR) Grasping and Preloading Mechanism (GPM) for On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) to extend the life of non-cooperative spacecraft in LEO or GEO nearing end-of-life. With a lightweight design under 2 kg, the GPM can handle client spacecraft weighing up to 1.5 tons. Its compact gripper reduces overall system mass and complexity, making it suitable for various applications, including refueling defunct spacecrafts and performing berthing operations on the Indian Space Station.

Relevant thread : A talk on "Smart Robots" at VJTI Technovanza by Dr. D Sam Dayala Dev, Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU). Some new details on ISRO's on-orbit refueling (O²RT) concept and 'Smart Space Robot'

Aditya-L1 has been in orbit for over half a year. Magnetometer has been deployed, some data of solar storms hitting the spacecraft were even shown to the public. I understand that it's a lengthy process to share data publicly, but is there any info when can we expect magnetometer data in real time? Alsonos there info when coronagraphs images will start to be shared?

I am trying to make a project on OHRC dataset. I had planned to first increase its resolution, but in order to do so I need to know the resolution range of the images in the dataset. As far as I know ISRO claims that its 32m per pixel but are all images having the same resolution?

MOI-TD : Tech demonstration of India's first AI-lab in space, went through EMI/EMC tests today. All CE, RE and RS tests cleared :) Looking forward to the next set of tests.

#space #satellite #isro #india #ai

Can somebody help me select the path. I'm so confused. I wanna focus on one. Please help Which one is better in all aspects

I am an ECE freshman with a deep interest in the aerospace industry. I am planning to write GATE exam in my third year to get into IIST for an MTech in Avionics.

In order to get into ISRO, what would be better?

IIST or ISRO’s exam straight after btech?

I am trying to understand how does OHRC actually work and generate the panchromatic images. And how does it send this data in real time, like does it even convert the "input signal" into images or this conversion is done on Earth?

Source: https://www.notams.faa.gov/

Mapped up! (Imgur)

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It is for missile test so nevermind..

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Fruit flies reared in an academic lab could become the inaugural “passengers” on the first uncrewed Gaganyaan flight if India’s space agency proceeds with a proposal to accommodate a biology experiment on the flight.

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, have designed and developed the protocols for an experiment to study how spaceflight influences kidney stone formation mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies.

The experiment, proposed by the IIST’s space biology group and funded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), envisions sending 20 containers, each housing 30 to 40 fruit flies, on the first of two planned uncrewed Gaganyaan flights.

Isro engineers are hoping to launch the first uncrewed Gaganyaan flight in December this year.

India wants to establish homegrown human spaceflight capabilities through the Gaganyaan mission that seeks to launch a crew module with one or two astronauts into a 400km orbit around Earth and bring it back through a parachute-assisted sea landing.

While the first uncrewed flight’s primary objectives will be to demonstrate the performance of the launch rocket, the crew module and the return-to-Earth sequence, the fruit fly containers are intended to travel inside the crew module as a piggyback experiment.

“The kidneys are particularly vulnerable to long spaceflight exposure — we want to study the molecular changes in fruit fly organs that are equivalent to human kidneys,” Kumaran Sreejalekshmi, a professor of chemistry at the IIST and the experiment’s principal investigator said.

For more reading: Gaganyaan's piggyback experiment on kidney stones: Fruit flies to be spacecraft's first 'passengers'

Monthly Summary of Department of Space for July 2024

[PDF] [Archived]

Few highlights from summary:

Space Transportation:

• Flight acceptance testing of the cryogenic engine earmarked for the Cryogenic upper stage of LVM3-M5 mission was successfully completed.
• The ignition tests w.r.t pre-burner ignition test article (PITA), demonstrating the smooth & sustained ignition of the pre-burner for the Semi-cryogenic engine development project have been successfully completed at Semi-cryo Integrated Engine Test facility (SIET) at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri.
  • This has provided sufficient confidence to proceed with the testing of Power Head Test Article, which is an intermediate configuration of the Semicryogenic engine.
• The second experimental flight for the demonstration of Air Breathing Propulsion Technology was successfully conducted on July 22, 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The propulsion systems were symmetrically mounted on either side of a RH-560 Sounding rocket and launched. The flight test achieved satisfactory performance of the Sounding Rocket along with successful ignition of the Air Breathing propulsion systems.
• The vehicle stages for SSLV-D3/EOS-08 mission are ready for integration at the launch complex in Sriharikota.

Disaster Management Support

• International Charter is activated for satellite data support for landslide/debris flow disaster in Wayanad District of Kerala. The crown and path of the debris flow were delineated using IRS data and shared with Government of Kerala.
• Updated version of Flood Hazard Zonation Atlas of Assam State is generated using flood inundation information from 1998 to 2023, and incorporating field verifications.
• 111 flood inundation maps/value added satellite images covering floods in Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Karnataka were disseminated to the concerned States.
• Flood Early Warning System (FLEWS, Assam): 16 flood alerts were issued to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority.
• Operational near real time forest fire alerts generation and dissemination is in progress for fire season 2024.
• Seven IRS data products were disseminated to Sentinel Asia for Disaster Management Support for six countries.

Human Spaceflight:

• For Gaganyaan G-1 mission, realised Apex cover for Crew Module. Completed generation of interfaces for Crew Module-Service module-connect disconnect systems & crew module aft heat shield and trial suiting of separation systems. Service Module propulsion system development tests (phase-III) carried out for total duration of 2773 sec. Integration of flight version propulsion system for service module for G-1 mission has been completed. Thermo-vac cycles for solar panel substrates are also completed.
• For 2nd Development flight of Test Vehicle (TV-D2), propellant casting for all solid motors of Crew Escape System (CES), nozzle processing and main parachute trial assembly are completed. Interface generation for propulsion system, conical panel, deceleration system and up-righting system are completed. Avionics packages are also ready for the TV-D2 mission.

Safe & Sustainable Space Operations

• Daily Space Object Proximity Analysis (SOPA) and re-assessment of close approach situation with 2231 Conjunction Data Messages (CDM) from CSpOC/USSPACECOM were performed for 22 LEO and 30 GSO satellites. One Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre (CAM) was performed for Cartosat-2C to avert close approach with MENUT (NORAD No. 55010), a small satellite. A total of 51 Orbital Manoeuvre (OM) plans were screened. Out of these, 8 OM plans were revised based on SOPA recommendations to avoid potential post manoeuvre conjunctions.
• Extensive coordination was carried out to resolve the 12th July, 2024 close approaches between Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter (CH2O) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of NASA, including an online meet on 9th July 2024. Based on SSOM’s request, NASA team made special arrangements to quickly provide the orbital ephemeris after LRO momentum unload manoeuvre on 10th July, 2024 which helped to rule out any CAM requirement for CH2O. Necessary screening was done through BEARCAT (Beyond Earth Collision Avoidance Tool) for OM-85 scheduled on 23th July, 2024 for CH2O, it resolved the potential close conjunction risks with Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) on 25th July, 2024.
• Atmospheric re-entry prediction was carried out for 45 large objects. Regular monitoring of space weather alerts was carried out.

International Cooperation

• The Project Plan document for the realisation of the India – Mauritius Joint Satellite was exchanged during the visit of Honorable External Affairs Minister, India to Mauritius

IN-SPACe Activities

• The expression of Interest for Establishing Space Based EO system has been released in IN-SPACe digital platform on July 25, 2024.
• IN-SPACe has released an Announcement of Opportunity for making available Indian Orbital Resource to the Non-Government Entities. Through this AO, Indian ITU Filing at 89deg East, which is in coordination stage, will be made available to one selected applicant. This will enable establishment and operation of an Indian communication satellite.
• IN-SPACe issued authorization to the following 3 NGEs for establishment and operations of Ground Stations in different frequency bands for self-use, and for providing Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) to Indian and Non-Indian Entities: a) M/s. Avantel Limited, Hyderabad, b) M/s. Dhruva Space Private Limited, Hyderabad, c) M/s. Azista BST Aerospace Private Limited, Hyderabad.
  • The authorization under this category is issued for the first time by INSPACe which will enable the authorized NGEs to offer such services globally.
• IN-SPACe has registered 03 additional Indian Entities who wish to disseminate/sell the primary data pertaining to Indian territory and Ground Sampling Data (GSD) > 30 cm commercially from the Earth Observation/Remote Sensing satellites.
• IN-SPACe Seed Fund Scheme: Announcement of opportunities in Marine Sector.
• Short term Course on “Space Data Products and Services” under the skill development programme conducted from July 07-12, 2024 at IN-SPACe Headquarters, Ahmedabad.
• IN-SPACe led a delegation of Indian space start-ups to the 17th Australian Space Forum in Adelaide on July 24-25, 2024. During the two-day event, the delegation highlighted India's growing prowess in space technology and strengthening international collaboration.
• India-Singapore Space Industry Day Conducted on July 31, 2024.

NSIL Activities:

• NSIL organized a meeting between the Industry Consortium (HAL-L&T) and System Reliability (SR) at VSSC to acquaint the consortium with the current ISRO protocols and procedures for quality certification in the fabrication of various launch vehicle systems like Light Alloy Structure, Motor case, etc.
• NSIL signed Launch Service Agreement (LSA) with M/s SpaceKidz for launching their satellite ‘Space Rikshaw-0’ (rideshare mode) on-board SSLVD3
• Techno-commercial proposal covering both Space and Ground Segments, has been prepared and submitted for the user’s review and approval.
• NSIL signed MoUs with State Government Bodies in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala to migrate its satellite tele-educational network from GSAT-8 to GSAT-16 & GSAT-18 satellites. This would enable government bodies to broadcast educational content to the students of the respective states.
• NSIL has provided Launch Vehicle tracking support to a foreign customer through ISTRAC ground station.
• NSIL has signed 12 Technology Transfer Agreements with Indian industries.