India’s First Satellite Is All Set To Take Off Soon

NIrmal Singh 3C Company appreciates the efforts made by India’s space programmer which is all set to unfold the country’s first satellite after a long period of fifty-years. This private industry project is all set to start on the coming Thursday.

It is quite surprising to notice that these private players have just entered the industry and yet making the right noise.  They have an experience in supplying components to some 70 engineers from a consortium led by Bengaluru-based Alpha Design Technologies with an experience of satellite building and testing.

NIrmal Singh 3C Company would like to quote Col HS Shankar, CMD, Alpha Design Technologies, who said: "While this is certainly the first time a private industry, for that matter anybody outside Isro (Indian Space Research Organisation) has been part of building a satellite. But the credit for the project must go to Isro, whose scientists have helped us in every step of the project," reported by TOI.

As a part of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) programmer, the consortium has built the eighth satellite which will be soon launched. As of now, the 29-hour countdown has started on Wednesday 2pm.

NIrmal Singh 3C Company finds out that 1,425-kg IRNSS-1H satellite is planned to be launched at 6.45pm on Thursday by the PSLV-C39. As per the reliable source, Isro affirmed that private firms have an important role in building the next satellite as a part of programme (IRNSS-1I) although Isro will not be a part of this project as closely as other science missions.

"We are confident that the engineers from the consortium will be able to do it. That doesn't mean we won't be overseeing the development," a senior Isro official said. Shankar, who said that consortium has bagged the orders to build IRNSS-1I and that the work on that has already begun, however, said the value of the same could not be disclosed.

Moreover, the IRNSS-1I has been scheduled for an April 2018 launch. The newly developed Isro Space park in whitefield.  In order to give space to private players, the government is giving space to these private projects. In fact, the whole and sole expenditure is being shouldered to the government. Senior Isro scientists M Annadurai had said "The space park will see a lot of firms already working with Isro use our infrastructure and become partners. The land belongs to Isro and even the infrastructure is being provided by the space agency."

"While we already had plans of IRNSS-1H, to be used a spare orbit satellite as part of the programmer, it will now serve as the replacement to IRNSS-1A," an Isro official said.