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India's Unmanned Moon Mission Going Smoothly: Official
New Delhi, India (SPX) Sep 27, 2004 India's unmanned moon mission - Chandrayan - is expected to take place in 2007-08, and is progressing smoothly, the country's space agency chief G. MadhavanNair said here Sunday. "There has been a lot of debate in the scientific community whether we should do this because of the huge cost, but what I would like to say is that the total cost of the project is just Rs.3.8 billion (83 million US dollars)," Nair, chairman of the IndianSpace Research Organization (ISRO), told reporters. He said a manned mission has been ruled out as it will cost Rs.100 billion (2.2 billion US dollars). Nair said India's space budget was just 500 million dollars while that of the United States was 12.5 billion dollars. On the country's communication satellite program, he said INSAT4A would blast off from French Guyana in February next year with apayload of 3.7 tons and would have 12 Ku band antennas and an equal number of C-band antennas. After this, INSAT 4B and 4C wouldbe launched. Nair said that the recently launched educational satellite Edusat is doing well and it would become operational in a matter of four weeks. "In two weeks the payloads would be switched on. In another two weeks each of the six transponders would be switched on and thereafter it would be fully operational," he added. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Chandrayan-1 ISRO SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Water News - Science, Technology and Politics
Kenyan President Urges Calm Over Water Shortages
Nairobi (AFP) Jan 10, 2006Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday urged pastoralists throughout his drought-stricken nation not to fight over scarce water as conditions continue to worsen around east Africa amid dire international famine warnings. |
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