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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), G. Madhavan Nair, said here on Tuesday that the systems integration of Cartosat 1, scheduled for launch in the first week of May, was over. Cartosat 1, the first Indian satellite with stereoscopic capabilities and a resolution of 2.5 metres, will be launched from the second launch pad at Sriharikota using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The images taken by it will show features as small as village roads and yield maps with a three-dimensional view of the earth's terrain. Earlier, at a brief ceremony here, Mr. Nair received the tankages and combustion chamber and contour nozzle assembly, manufactured by the Kerala Hi-tech Industries (KELTEC) here, for the strap-on rockets of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.
A milestone
The indigenous manufacture of components for launch vehicles was an important milestone, he said adding that a less corrosive aluminium alloy had been used for the tanks this time. He stressed the need for being cost-competitive in production technologies. At present, ISRO could market vehicles at 70 to 80 per cent of the international prices. However, every launch provider was bringing down prices. It should be possible for Indian companies to bring down the prices of components when the production is undertaken on commercial lines. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nair said that a production volume of Rs. 32 crores to Rs. 50 crores would be needed by KELTEC for sustained operation. Its market was not confined to India. It could target manufacture of world class products for exports. ISRO, he said, was concentrating on the development of new systems. It was now taking up four to five space missions a year. Earlier, it used to carry out only two to three missions a year.
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