Indian launch schedule

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"Jugnu" nanosatellite to be launched at end of June on PSLV
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"Jugnu" nanosatellite to be launched at end of June on PSLV
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The article also says that Jugnu would be placed in a polar orbit with a  period corresponding to 15 rev/day. It may mean that it will be a co-passenger  with Risat-1 which would then be launched at end of June.

[Salo]

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=733569#733569

TUGSAT-1/BRITE-AUSTRIA is currently scheduled for a launch in September 2011. [WirtschaftsBlatt | 08.04.2011]

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Information on planned orbits for some satellites to be launched with PSLV:

Megha-Tropiques
inclination: 20°, altitude: 865.6km, period: 102 min
http://meghatropiques.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/dmdocuments/proc_s3p04.pdf

Risat-1
inclination: 97.8°, altitude: 536 km, period: 97 min
(ISRO)

Saral
inclination: 98.3°, altitude: ~800 km
http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/5895-altikasaral-at-a-glance.php

SRMSAT
inclination: 98.1°, altitude: 600 to 800km
http://srmsat.in/mission.html

BRITE-Austria
polar orbit,  altitude: 800km, period: around 100 min
http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/info/press/press-release

Jugnu
polar orbit, altitude: 700-800km, period: around 100 min
http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/gj/new/Events/nanosatellite.php

AIS sat
polar orbit
http://www.exactearth.com/exactais/global-coverage/

Astrosat
650-km, near-equatorial orbit (8° inclination)
http://meghnad.iucaa.ernet.in/~astrosat/

[pradeep]

hi,

Perhaps the first hint for a launch date for Chandrayaan-II: September 2013.

Link: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/152357/chandrayaan-2-cost-rs-426.html

Pradeep

[Salo]

http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=733602#733602

Sorry, I was imprecise. UniBRITE will be launched together with TUGSAT-1/BRITE-AUSTRIA in September 2011.

Mit derselben Rakete wird der nahezu baugleiche Satellit UniBRITE gestartet, der von der Universität Wien beim Spaceflight Lab der Universität Toronto in Auftrag gegeben wurde. [WirtschaftsBlatt]

[Salo]

India to launch advanced remote sensing satellite April 20

‘The launch authorisiation board will review the readiness of the rocket, satellites and ground stations April 16. The countdown will begin April 18 for the scheduled lift-off April 20 at 10.12 a.m.,’ the statement said.

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Tentative partial launch schedule

2011
April 20 0442UTC- PSLV C16 - Resourcesat-2 + X-sat + Youthsat
NET May 11 19 - ARIANE-5 - GSAT-8  (Insat-4G)  (includes Gagan)
June 11 - PSLV C17 - GSAT-12
Mid-year - PSLV C18 - Megha-Tropiques
H2 - PSLV C19 (XL) - RISAT-1

Piggybacked on PSLV: SRMSAT, AIS sat, Jugnu, BRITE-Austria (aka TUGSAT-1), UniBRITE(aka CanX-3A) (seemingly all on polar orbits)

2012
early - GSLV-Mk1 - GSAT-7 (Navy  Communications Satellite)
Q1 - Ariane-5 - GSAT-10 (includes Gagan back-up)
early - GSLV? - GSAT-6 (Insat-4E)
early NET Q2- PSLV C20 - SARAL + SAPPHIRE + NEOSSat+BRITE-Austria (aka TUGSAT-1/CanX-3b) + UniBRITE(aka CanX-3a)
 - GSLV ? - Insat 3D
 -  PSLV C21 - IRNSS-1 (during FY 2012-2013)
  - PSLV - SRE-2,  PROTIERS,  CanX-4,   CanX-5, NLS-9, WNISAT-1


piggybacked  on  PSLV: Alsat-2B
 
NET 2012
 -  PSLV - AstroSat-1
end - PSLV - TecSAR-2 (tbc)
 - GSLV?  -    Indian Army  Communications Satellite
 - GSLV? - Indian Air Force Comunications Satellite
  - PSLV - Cartosat-3 (to be  approved)
- PSLV - GISAT (to be approved)
 -   PSLV - DMSAR-1   (to be approved)
 - PSLV - Risat-3  (to be approved)

2013
- GSLV - GSAT-9 (includes Gagan) (during FY 2013-2014)
- GSLV - GSAT-11
- PSLV - IRNSS-2 (or 2014)
 - PSLV - IRNSS-3 (or 2014)
NET September - GSLV - Chandrayaan-2

piggybacked  on  PSLV: Aditiya-1 (or 2014)
 
2014
   -PSLV - Oceansat-3
 - PSLV - CCI-Sat
 - PSLV - EnMAP
- GSLV - GSAT-14 (to be   approved)
 - PSLV - IRNSS-4

2015
 - GSLV - GSAT-13 (to be approved)
- GSLV - GSAT-4R (to be approved)

2016/2017
 -    GSLV -  Manned mission

after 2015
 - GSLV - Mars probe

Updated on April 12
Updated on April 14
Updated on April 15

[isro-watch]

[text and picture moved to PSLV C16 launch - April 2011 thread]

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According to the Times of India Speednews, Megha-Tropiques is to be launched "in mid 2011".

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Sapphire (on PSLV C20 with Saral) will apparently not launch before 2012-Q2
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PSLV launches are coordinated by the Antrix Corporation who have stated they could launch every two months.

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Just to add to the Indian launch schedule puzzle:
The Shar director, Mr M. Chandra Dattan, has indicated plans to launch three PSLV missions from Shar during 2011.
source

[Kekez]

Piggybacked on PSLV: BRITE-Austria (aka TUGSAT-1), UniBRITE(aka CanX-3A) (seemingly all on polar orbits)

BRITE-Austria and UniBRITE are also scheduled to launch on PSLV-C20, into the same 800 km, dawn-dusk, sun synchronous orbit as the primary satellites. [Source.]

ISRO and Antrix may refer to these spacecraft as NLS-8.1 and NLS-8.2. The NLS designation stands for the "Nanosatellite Launch Service" launch agreement that the Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto (UTIAS/SFL) arranged with Antrix. There may be multiple spacecraft covered by the agreement (for example, there were 6 satellites in NLS4 on PSLV-C9 in 2008). The NLS designation also refers to the satellite and its XPOD separation system. The XPODs are provided by UTIAS/SFL and they remains attached to the upper stage (PS4). Hence, NLS-8.1 is BRITE-Austria and its XPOD, NLS-8.2 is UniBRITE and its XPOD, etc. Also, Antrix often quotes the combined mass of the satellite and separation system, since that is what they are launching to orbit.

UniBRITE and BRiTE-Austria are part of the BRITE Constellation, short for "BRIght-star Target Explorer Constellation", a group of 6 kg, 20x20x20 cm nanosatellites who purpose is to photometrically measure low-level oscillations and temperature variations in the sky's 286 stars brighter than visual magnitude 3.5.  The BRITE constellation is sometimes referred to as "CanX-3" or "the CanX-3 constellation" for historical reasons. Currently, six satellites are planned in the group: two are funded by the Austrian government -- UniBRITE (CanX-3a), and BRITE-Austria (CanX-3b or TUGSAT-1); two by the Canadian government -- CanX-3c and 3d; and two by the Polish government.  The Austrian and Polish BRITE satellites are built as collaborations between SFL and the respective organizations.

I hope that clears up some of the multiple names used for these satellites. All that to say that the first two BRITE satellites (BRITE-Austria and UniBRITE) will be launching on PSLV-C20.

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Many thanks Kekez for the useful information
How about the news from TUGSAT-1 project team indicating a launch of TUGSAT-1+UniBRITE in September 2011? (reference -dated April 8, in German)

[pradeep]

hi,

This ISRO press release confirms the launch time and date as per clearance from the Launch Authorisation Board - http://isro.gov.in/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Apr17_2011

Also, as per this Economic Times report, the GSAT-12 launch on board the PSLV is slated for June 2011 - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/india-to-launch-five-satellites-by-june/articleshow/8004731.cms

This is expected to satisfy along with GSAT-8, India's telecommunication and television needs.

Pradeep

[Edit: Moderator's comment: Thanks, per other source, GSAT-12 launch is slated for June 11]

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Performed in 2011
April 20 0442UTC- PSLV C16 - Resourcesat-2 (includes COM DEV AIS Sat) + X-sat + Youthsat

Tentative partial launch schedule
2011
May 19 - ARIANE-5 - GSAT-8  (Insat-4G)  (includes Gagan)
June 11 - PSLV C17 - GSAT-12
July - PSLV C18 - Megha-Tropiques
H2 - PSLV C19 (XL) - RISAT-1

Piggybacked on PSLV: SRMSAT, AIS sat, Jugnu (seemingly all on polar orbits)

2012
early - GSLV-Mk1 - GSAT-7 (Navy  Communications Satellite)
Q1 - Ariane-5 - GSAT-10 (includes Gagan)
early - GSLV? - GSAT-6 (Insat-4E)
NET Q2- PSLV C20 - SARAL + SAPPHIRE + NEOSSat+BRITE-Austria (aka TUGSAT-1/CanX-3b) + UniBRITE(aka CanX-3a)
 - GSLV ? - Insat 3D
 -  PSLV C21 - IRNSS-1 (during FY 2012-2013)
  - PSLV - SRE-2,  PROTIERS,  CanX-4,   CanX-5, NLS-9, WNISAT-1

piggybacked  on  PSLV: Alsat-2B
 
NET 2012
 -  PSLV - AstroSat-1
end - PSLV - TecSAR-2 (tbc)
 - GSLV?  -    Indian Army  Communications Satellite
 - GSLV? - Indian Air Force Comunications Satellite
  - PSLV - Cartosat-3 (to be  approved)
- PSLV - GISAT (to be approved)
 -   PSLV - DMSAR-1   (to be approved)
 - PSLV - Risat-3  (to be approved)

2013
- GSLV - GSAT-9(includes Gagan)(during FY 2013-2014)
- GSLV - GSAT-11
- PSLV - IRNSS-2 (or 2014)
 - PSLV - IRNSS-3 (or 2014)
NET September - GSLV - Chandrayaan-2

piggybacked  on  PSLV: Aditiya-1 (or 2014)
 
2014
  -PSLV - Oceansat-3
 - PSLV - CCI-Sat
 - PSLV - EnMAP
- GSLV - GSAT-14
 - PSLV - IRNSS-4

2015
 - GSLV - GSAT-13 (to be approved)
- GSLV - GSAT-4R (to be approved)

2016/2017
 -    GSLV -  Manned mission

after 2015
 - GSLV - Mars probe

updated on April 20

[Salo]

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=233640

According to ISRO officials the other remote sensing satellites scheduled for launch this year are Megha-Tropiques, Radar Imaging Satellite-1 (RISAT-1) and Saral.

[Salo]

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/news/29427862_1_gsat-8-pslv-rocket-gsat-12

[m.prasad]

[Moved to LIVE: Indian PSLV C16 launch - April 20, 2011]

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AIS Sat from COM DEV is actually carried as an additional payload carried by Resourcesat-2, successfully launched this morning.
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