Indian PSLV successfully lofts multiple satellites • Hacker News Board

Re: Indian PSLV successfully lofts multiple satellites

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Post by edwardc » Tue, Feb 26, 2013, 12:23 PM UTC

msantos wrote: post #19

Part of the payload is a nano satellite - STRaND-1 - developed by the University of Surrey (England), that amongst other things got a Google Nexus phone onboard loaded with a custom app which will test if "in space no-one can hear you scream" http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21577780

The Scream in Space 'experiment' uses screams uploaded to YouTube as part of a competition last year: http://www.screaminspace.com/ (and since this is HN, https://github.com/cuspaceflight/SpaceScream).

Re: Indian PSLV successfully lofts multiple satellites

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Post by pkhagah » Tue, Feb 26, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

teeboy wrote: post #2

Go ISRO! I wish the Indian Govt did one less scam a year and granted a 10X increase in ISRO budget. But you are doing some amazing work on an operating budget less than a big American University. Stay Strong ! And go Mars in 2014!

They already have a Mars unmanned orbiter for this year. Oct or Nov I believe.

Re: Indian PSLV successfully lofts multiple satellites

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Post by pkhagah » Tue, Feb 26, 2013, 5:17 PM UTC

rushil92 wrote: post #17

swatkat wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. I am looking forward to seeing Antrix (ISRO's commercial division, http://www.antrix.gov.in ) doing more commercial launch services.

Aren't all these foreign satellites launched via the antrix programme?

I guess they are. ISRO also has a plan to eventually let private players build complete PSLV system(currently they build 80% components) and operate them. Leaving ISRO to concentrate more on GSLV and reusable rocket more.