Dr. P V Manoranjan Rao

TheHindu carried an article on the well-known authors / artists from ISRO ( refer the last post in this blog dated  13th Jan      ).
ISROfef is certain that TheHindu is totally incomplete on the list. The first and foremost ISRO author is none other than Dr. P V Manoranjan Rao.

P. V. Manoranjan Rao is a veteran space scientist and author from India. In his career spanning over three decades — including over two decades at the Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre^[1] — he has done extensive research in areas including the physics of lightning discharge, ionospheric physics, magnetospheric physics, VLF and ELF wave propagation, electrostatics of launch vehicles, electrostatic charging of communications satellites, EMI/EMC and lightning protection for launch vehicles. He has edited and authored three books on India's space history.

Click here to Read what Wikipaedia says !

Among the Books he has authored, the most Notable work is :

	From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet, 50 Years of  space: A Global Perspective, A Brief History of Rocketry in ISRO

Artists in ISRO

Today's TheHindu has an article on some ISRO men.  Please read on.  ISROfef congratulates ALL THOSE ARTISTS !

I hope, these men didnot or will not receive explanation / warning memos from ISRO, for doing something external.   (It used to be so ! )

PSLV-C37 and 103

Quote from Yahoo.in

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)  is set to make a world record by launching 103 satellites in one go this February.

All but three of the satellites will be foreign and will be launched by ISRO’s workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

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According to a report in  The Hindu, S. Somnath, Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of the ISRO said, “We are making a century by launching over 100 satellites at one go!”

Here are six things to know about this mega launch.

1. ISRO is breaking its own record with this launch. Last year the space agency had launched record 20 satellites in one go.

2. ISRO had earlier planned a launch of 83 satellites in the last week of January.

But the launch was postponed to February after the addition of 20 more foreign satellites.

3. The mission includes satellites from countries like USA, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland, and France.

Most of the smaller satellites are from the US and are to be launched on a commercial basis. The total number of countries launching their satellites in this mission has not been disclosed.

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4. The three Indian satellites to be launched are Cartosat-2 series (weighing 730 kg as primary payload) and INS-IA and INS-1B (weighing 30 kg each).

5. The PSLV-C37 will carry 100 micro-satellites. The satellites will weigh around 500-600 kg of the total payload of 1,350 kg.

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6. The record for highest number of satellites launched in a single mission is currently held by Russia from the time when the country’s rocket Dnepr, launched 37 satellites in 2014.

The US space agency NASA had launched 29. This launch will be a major achievement in India’s space history since no country has ever attempted a launch on this scale before.

Strike on March 16

Strike by Central Government Employees against 7CPC issues postponed to March 16th  (from February 15th) in view of Assembly Elections in 5 states.

Employees and Pensioners  have always to give way ... for all that's on its way ... ! ?

Moonstruck

Today's TheHindu carries an article in its Sunday supplement. Titled "Moonstruck", the article is very  interesting. Hence, it is a MUST-RREAD !

103 Satellites ! One shot !!

It's thrilling !  Yes ... our young brothers are doing it. Congrats !!

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