Times of India 20, said space has lagged behind in the march and unresponsive in China, India, has decided to launch its first military satellites in the year. There are approximately 300 pieces of military or dual-use satellites dedicated to run in space, including the United States account for 50%, followed by Russia and China.
Reported, India’s first military satellite to be sent into space within a year. Indian Space Research Organisation has been established to monitor the Navy communications satellite “launch date” in December 2010 to March 2011. However, in mid-April this year, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) – GSLV-D3 by the local research and development of cryogenic engines to power – after a failed launch, India’s defense sector organizations, some worry about the Indian space launch may not adhere to the expected duration of .
An Indian Defense Ministry officials said 19: “Indian Space Research Organization has promised us that the Navy will be scheduled satellite launch, the satellite can cover the Indian Ocean about 1,000 nautical miles of waters within the … … to spend 9.5 billion rupees of the project. Indian Air Force and the Army satellite will be launched within the next few years. ”
At the same time, the Indian Navy chief of staff under the leadership of Bougainville immediately, is participating in the meeting of the Indian Navy Commander Navy senior officials are discussing, “Navy network-centric warfare” and “territorial sense.” Both capacities are determined by special satellites.
With the 2013-2017 range between 8 maritime patrol aircraft (United States and India on the latter to provide eight long-range maritime patrol aircraft, signed contracts worth 2.1 billion U.S. dollars) in place, the Indian geostationary satellite will ensure that the Navy’s C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) capabilities have greatly improved.
While India from the Persian Gulf to the Malacca Strait as its main strategic interests between the regions, but in the constantly changing marine environment, the Indian Navy has not yet been available to provide “all the participants a clear picture” of the “special sensors.” High-speed data lines, dedicated satellite can be warships, submarines, aircraft and shore operations center connected into a network. Some officials said: “In this way, the sea was always able to detect threats and to share, to ensure rapid response.
Indian armed forces had been using “dual-use” satellite, which is particularly worth mentioning is that mapping satellite 1, satellite mapping and mapping satellite 2 2A, and so on, but now it will be able to use their own dedicated satellite has.
This is consistent with the “space defense ideas -2020 (Defence Space Vision-2020)”, in 2012 until the end of the first stage, which envisages intelligence, surveillance, supervision, communication and navigation as key areas. However, the report noted that India did not need too much emphasis on the armed forces to maintain “real time” monitoring enemy action, ships, air bases, missile warehouse.
Reported that there are about 300 pieces of military or dual-use satellites dedicated to run in space. The United States has topped number one, accounting for 50%, followed by Russia and China. India, however, slower, and even in military space, even China has made great progress. Government of India has been reluctant to establish a comprehensive aerospace command, even though its armed forces have asked for years.
Once the military satellite launch, India will be the sole owner of the Asian region dedicated military satellite. Military satellites, different from the single function of the military spy satellites (according to the information currently in orbit, Indian military spy satellites, at least six), it is a navigation, communication, command, information processing, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, surveillance, enemy Fang missiles and other functions into one specific satellite, and ground, sea or air command center, operational resources of information exchange network, to quickly lock the enemy movements, quick military mobilization and deployment, fast into action. These dedicated military satellite service will no doubt significantly improve the overall strength of the Indian Army.
