India hopes that the launch of the satellites will help the country break into the commercial satellite market
India launches two satellites from one rocket - for the first time. Experts estimate that this is progress in China's space program. One satellite carries sophisticated equipment and the other is a communication satellite.
The Cartosat satellite, which weighs 1.5 tons, will provide data that will make it possible to map every house in the huge country with great precision.
The second satellite, Hamsat, weighs 42.5 kg and will help expand the bandwidth to transport amateur radio operators around the world.
Officials said the launch of the two satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Base, near Madras in southeastern India, will help mapping and amateur radio station operators. The Cartosat, which weighs 1.5 tons, will allow accurate drawing of maps with maximum accuracy. The Hamsat, which weighs about 42.5 kg, will help to expand the bandwidth for the benefit of radio enthusiasts who operate stations in different countries of the world.
India hopes that the launch of the satellites will help the country break into the commercial satellite market. The space market is estimated at billions of dollars a year and definitely beckons to various countries, including India. The satellites were sent into space in the presence of the President of India, scientists and more.
The directors of the various radio stations welcome the launch. Until last year, broadcasts from stations were prohibited, but the government removed the restrictions after the tsunami that occurred in December, which severely affected the area.
In September last year, India launched a satellite in order to expand the education network in the country. In September 2002, the first weather satellite was successfully launched.
India plans to send a space vehicle to the moon by 2008. Last year, the Minister of Science, Eliezer (Modi) Zandberg, revealed that the Indian government offered Israel to cooperate in an Indian satellite project that is expected to take off to the moon in the future.
