03-01-2010, 02:31 PM
[quote name='Chandragupta' date='01 March 2010 - 06:54 PM' timestamp='1267449371' post='104670']
AFAIK, there was a problem building an atomic clock for the constellation.Guess it was resolved now.
And again,only single sat launch every time was considered using PSLV. But now they wanted to use GSLV to send 2 sats in a go.This will reduce costs and total time.
IMHO,we should better go for a global instead of a regional.considering the cost of the whole project for 7 sats and ground stations I dont think the global coverage will loot the taxpayers.But its worth in recashing the services offered due to the low costs of Indian service(which can be attractive)
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Yes resolved it is - India paid 5 million dollars to a swiss company and imported them.
7 sats are sufficient for regional coverage, you can not go global with them, you need anywhere from 25 to 30 of these sats 2 get a global coverage.
AFAIK, there was a problem building an atomic clock for the constellation.Guess it was resolved now.
And again,only single sat launch every time was considered using PSLV. But now they wanted to use GSLV to send 2 sats in a go.This will reduce costs and total time.
IMHO,we should better go for a global instead of a regional.considering the cost of the whole project for 7 sats and ground stations I dont think the global coverage will loot the taxpayers.But its worth in recashing the services offered due to the low costs of Indian service(which can be attractive)
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Yes resolved it is - India paid 5 million dollars to a swiss company and imported them.
7 sats are sufficient for regional coverage, you can not go global with them, you need anywhere from 25 to 30 of these sats 2 get a global coverage.