India’s IDRSS to be Satellite Communication Hub in Sky

Chennai: As part of its proposed manned space mission, India will launch the Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) to improve data relay and communication links with its remote sensing/earth observation satellites, said a top official of the ISRO. The two-satellite IDRSS will maintain continuous communication link with India’s remote sensing/earth observation satellites and also with the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III) that would carry three Indian astronauts to the space in 2022.

“We are planning to launch two satellites under IDRSS. The first one is expected to be launched in 2019,” K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS.

Officials told IANS that continuous communication link was important in the case of human space mission as the rocket carrying the Indian astronauts cannot be without a link. (IANS)

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