Isro gears up to launch 2 satellites before Chandrayaan-2 mission

印度太空研究所将赶在月船2号计划前发射2枚卫星

NEW DELHI: Amid intense preparations for its most challenging Chandrayaan-2 mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch two other satellites before the lunar mission in April.

新德里：在为月船2号发射计划进行紧锣密鼓的筹备之际，印度太空研究所还将赶在4月份月船2号升空前发射另外2枚卫星。

Talking to TOI, Isro chairman Dr K Sivan said, “The first launch will be of GSLV Mk II carrying Gsat-6A satellite by the end of March. Soon thereafter, we will launch navigation satellite IRNSS-1I that will be lifted off by PSLV C-41 in the first week of April. Preparations for these two launches are currently going on at Sriharikota.”

印度太空研究所主席K Sivan博士对《印度时报》表示：“三月底将发射装载Gsat-6A卫星的GSLV Mk II。随后四月的第一周，我们将发射IRNSS-1I导航卫星，此卫星将随同PSLV C-41一起升空。两次发射的准备工作目前正在印度航天发射中心有序进行。”

Isro chairman Dr K Sivan

印度太空研究所主席  Dr K Sivan

Gsat-6A, similar to Gsat-6, is a high-powered S-band communication satellite weighing 2,140 kg. It will provide a platform for develo technologies that would be useful in future satellite-based mobile communication applications.

Gsat-6A卫星，近似Gsat-6卫星，重达2140公斤，是高性能的S波通信卫星。它能为研发卫星通话技术的应用前景提供强有力的平台。

IRNSS-1I, on the other hand, is a navigation satellite that is meant to replace the faulty first navsat IRNSS-1A, part of the Indian navigation system or NavIC or desi GPS. The three atomic clocks of the IRNSS-1A that were meant to provide precise locational data had stopped working two years ago. Last year on August 31, Isro had launched navsat IRNSS-1H to replace the faulty satellite. However, the IRNSS-1H got stuck in the heat shield of the rocket and the mission failed. IRNSS-1I is, therefore, being launched to replace the first navsat. Currently, there are seven navsats in the orbit covering India and a region extending 1,500 km around it that provide real-time positioning and timing services.

另一方面，IRNSS-1I是导航卫星，它将代替印度导航系统、海军资讯中心、GPS系统中不够完美的第一颗IRNSS-1A导航卫星。IRNSS-1A内置的3个原子钟本将提供精确的定位数据，但2年前出了故障停止工作。去年8月31日，印度太空研究所发射IRNSS-1H卫星代替受损的老卫星。但IRNSS-1H卡在火箭防热罩内，发射任务失败。因此IRNSS-1I将被发射升空，取代第一颗导航卫星。目前，7颗导航卫星在印度及直径1,500公里的范围上空有轨运行，为实时定位和报时提供服务。

On the Chandrayaan-2 mission, the Isro chairman said, “Preparations for the mission are in full swing. All the required tests are going on. The right time to launch the mission comes only once in a month. Therefore, we are ho to launch it at the right time in April,” he said.

印度太空研究所主席称：“月船2号发射任务的准备工作正在全力进行中。所有必须的测试工作正有序展开。发射任务一个月内就将执行。因此，我们希望4月份进行发射。”

Dr Sivan said, “As Isro is launching such a complicated mission involving an orbiter, lander and a rover for the first time, we have to take extra precautions. If due to some glitch we are not able to launch in April, then we will try to launch the mission in October-November. If we launch the mission in between, we won’t get maxmum benefit due to eclipses. To utilise the full lunar day (14 Earth days) for the moon exploration, the best time to launch the mission after April will be after October.”

Sivan博士称：“印度太空研究所此次要完成一项非常复杂的任务，将首次搭载人造卫星，着陆器以及探测车，我们必须确保万无一失。如果4月份我们因为故障无法进行发射，我们将在10月至11月间再次尝试。我们若在期间数月中发射卫星，将会受到日食影响无法获得最佳效果。为充分利用完整的月球日期间（14个地球日）进行月球探索，4月份之后的最佳发射时间是10月份。”

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Open Book Open Book-8 hours ago

Great Job Modi

莫迪干得漂亮！

Dean M7777 Dean-traveller-8 hours ago

chandrayaan makes me believe we are a rising global power!!

as long as we were under slavery we our society was devoid any significant contributions to the world in terms of scientific development and inventions. within 70 years of self rule we managed to become global power.

bring us independence we will reach heights even the so called superpowers will look like bulbs in front of Indian brains!!!

月船计划让我们相信，我们正在迈入全球大国之列。

只要我们还奴颜婢膝，我们的国家就无法在科学发展方面为世界作出重大贡献。经过70年的自治，我们正在成为世界大国。

只要我们真正独立，我们会强大到所谓的超级大国都不值一提。

Randian Hindu8827 Randian Hindu-Delhi-6 hours ago

My name is Randian-Hindu and i am part of 1.3 billion Randian-Hindu community in Bharat. When we can''t make basic guns and ammunition and we basically bought everything from advance countries in the world including tiny Israel. When my fellow 900 million Randian-Hindus don''t even have toilets and over billion my fellow poor Randian-Hindus go without a meal every day, Our hilarious claims of satellites and Chandrayaan mission is so laughable that the whole world laugh at us including our neighboring countries Pakistan Nepal etc. I request to our neighboring countries and the whole world if you hear any hilarious news of Randian-satellites and Chandrayaan mission on our our print or electronic media? Please ignore these kinds of laughable news. Thank you......

我是印度13亿人口的一员。我们无法制造最基本的武器弹药，一切都靠从发达国家甚至小小的以色列购买。我的9亿同胞至今没有独立卫生间，10多亿同胞每天食不果腹。但我们却要发射卫星，月球探险，太可笑了，全世界，就连我们的邻国巴基斯坦、、尼泊尔都在笑话我们。谨此请求我们的邻国还有全世界的人民，如果在报纸或媒体上看到印度卫星和月球探险计划的滑稽新闻，请一笑而过，谢谢合作。

Dev Gupta Dev Gupta-8 hours ago

Such an irony it is that India has the capability to create rockets that can reach mars, but India does not have the capability to create the engine of a fighter jet. Yes, I am right. The engine that is being used in Tejas is NOT Indian. It was made by GE in USA.

太讽刺了，印度能建造火箭到达火星，但却没有能力制造战斗机引擎。是的，你没听错，特哈斯使用的引擎不是印度制造，是美国通用造的。

ASHISH KUMAR23898 ASHISH KUMAR-LOCATION-8 hours ago

GREAT GOING, IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED DURING CONGRESS REGIME THEN TODAY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON MUCH HIGHER PLATFORM IN LINE OF DEFENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

不错。我们会在国防和科技上更上一层楼。