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Isro to launch dedicated satellite for IAF in 3rd week of December - Times of India

Costing around Rs 500-800 crore, Gsat-7A will have a lifetime of nine years. It will have Ku-band transponders and two deployable solar arrays. The satellite weighing 2.2 tonnes will be launched by GSLV Mk II.

Gsat-7A will also boost drone operations as it will help the navy upgrade from existing ground control stations to satellite-control of military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The transition will boost the range, endurance and flexibility of UAVs.

The IAF is also likely to get another satellite Gsat-7C, within a few years that will boost its network-centric operations.
 
Gaganyaan project- 3 Indians to be sent to space in Rs 10,000 crore plan

In a boost to India’s aerospace missions, the Cabinet Friday approved the indigenous spacecraft project called Gaganyaan under which a three-member crew will be sent to space for at least seven days, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The testing phase is expected to begin from December 2020 and the mission will be undertaken from 2022, he added.

The historic mission is expected to have a crew capacity of three astronauts and is supposed to operate for at least a week. The total cost of the project is reported to be Rs. 10,000 crores and the mission, if successful, will ensure India’s addition to the club of three countries that have sent a manned mission to the outer space.
 
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India successfully launched Microsat-R on board its Polar rocket PSLV C44, from the spaceport here on Thursday, in the first mission for the ISRO in 2019.

Microsat-R, an imaging satellite, is meant for military purposes, but the ISRO did not give any details about it.



ISRO launches military satellite Microsat-R
 
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