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ISRO to Launch Israel's Scientific Instrument
Bangalore - Dec 30, 2003 ISRO and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) have agreed to cooperate for including the Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment, TAUVEX, on board ISRO's GSAT-4 satellite planned for launch by India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) during 2005. An MOU for including the TAUVEX on GSAT-4 was signed today (December 25, 2003) by Mr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO and Mr Aby Har-Even, Director General, ISA at Antariksh Bhavan, Bangalore, the Headquarters of ISRO. ISRAEL's Minister for Science and Technology, Mr Eliezer Sandberg was present at the signing ceremony. Today's MOU follows the cooperative agreement signed between ISRO and ISA in October 2002. GSAT-4 will incorporate the TAUVEX along with ISRO's own communication experiments. The TAUVEX is a telescope that will image the sky in the Ultra-Violet (UV) spectrum. The data from the telescope will help in solving astrophysical questions related to star formation, history of galaxies, physics of giant black holes, etc. It could also help in guiding other space telescopes towards selected interesting objects in the sky. The scientific data from TAUVEX will be useful for the Indian scientists to analyze the UV data and prepare themselves to receive and analyze data from India's own astronomy satellite, ASTROSAT, which is also planned to carry an Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope besides other instruments. The data from TAUVEX will be shared between scientists of both the countries. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Indian Space Research Organisation SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
Orbcomm's Equity Financings Complete
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 06, 2006OHB Technology affiliated company Orbcomm has announced that it has completed equity financings totaling over $110 million led by Pacific Corporate Group (PCG), which committed $60 million. New investors, in addition to PCG, include investment firms MH Equity Investors and Torch Hill Capital. |
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