APPLE was India’s first geostationary experimental communication Satellite Project during 1977-83. It was put on a bullock cart to provide a non-magnetic environment and to conduct the antenna test in an open field to remedy the TT&C link problem caused by impedance matching problem.
Centaur two-stage solid -fueled sounding rocket manufactured under license by ISRO, here on a ramp donated by CNES. The rocket tip is French-built and embeds the experience of the aeronomy department of the CNRS "equatorial electrojet". Two rockets were launched from Thumba, ISRO’s Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Kerala, India.
Professor Blamont with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in Thumba, India
APPLE satellite, launched on June 19, 1981 with the Meteosat-2 satellite.
Preparation of the APPLE satellite at the CSG, it was launched on June 19, 1981 by Ariane L03.
With L03, these two satellites gained geostationary orbit thanks to their climax engine. The first is an Indian communication satellite APPLE intended for real-time communication to ensure telephone connections (3000 channels) and to allow the Indians to gather the experience necessary for the preparation of their major INSAT and GSAT programme.
Delivery of the Scarab instrument to ISRO for its integration on the Megha-Tropiques satellite.
SCARAB is a four-channel radiometer (visible, solar, total and infrared) intended to measure the Earth's radiation balance.
Saral satellite undergoing thermal vacuum testing at Thales Alenia Space. The SARAL/AltiKa project is a collaboration between France and India in the field of environment monitoring.
Illustration of the SARAL satellite: On this platform developed by ISRO, there is onboard two independent instruments contributed by the French agency, ARGOS-3 and AltiKa (+DORIS, +LRA), whose missions come together with the same objective.
The Megha-tropics satellite being integrated in ISRO facility before its launch by the PSLV launcher from the launch base of Sriharikota.
The Megha-tropics satellite being integrated in ISRO facility before its launch by the PSLV launcher from the launch base of Sriharikota.
Meeting between Dr Radhakrishnan, President of ISRO and François RichierFrench Ambassador to India. At the Bangalore Space Expo from November 19 - 21, 2014. CNES was the chief of honor on the occasion to commemorate of 50 years of space cooperation between France and India. On the sidelines of this event, Jean Yves Le Gall, president of the CNES met Dr Radhakrishnan, then Chairperson of ISRO.
Visit of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and his delegation to the Space Center of Toulouse on April 11, 2015.On this occasion of the official visit to France, CNES and ISRO, historical partners in the space field, signed a new cooperation agreement at the Elysée in the presence of the President of the Republic.
Megha-Tropiques was a joint satellite mission by ISRO and CNES to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change Megha-Tropiques was successfully deployed into orbit by a PSLV rocket in October 2011.
India and France completed 50 years of space cooperation in 2015.
CNES and ISRO celebrated 15 years working together in climate monitoring from space. The first agreement signed in 2001 led to the launch of two French-Indian climate-monitoring satellites, Megha-Tropiques in 2011 and SARAL-AltiKa, an oceanography and data collection mission, in 2013. Both satellites have delivered highly valuable data in fields such as freshwater resource management, agriculture and fisheries, operational oceanography and disaster management.
APPLE was India’s first geostationary experimental communication Satellite Project during 1977-83. It was put on a bullock cart to provide a non-magnetic environment and to conduct the antenna test in an open field to remedy the TT&C link problem caused by impedance matching problem.
Centaur two-stage solid -fueled sounding rocket manufactured under license by ISRO, here on a ramp donated by CNES. The rocket tip is French-built and embeds the experience of the aeronomy department of the CNRS "equatorial electrojet". Two rockets were launched from Thumba, ISRO’s Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Kerala, India.
With L03, these two satellites gained geostationary orbit thanks to their climax engine. The first is an Indian communication satellite APPLE intended for real-time communication to ensure telephone connections (3000 channels) and to allow the Indians to gather the experience necessary for the preparation of their major INSAT and GSAT programme.
Meeting between Dr Radhakrishnan, President of ISRO and François RichierFrench Ambassador to India. At the Bangalore Space Expo from November 19 - 21, 2014. CNES was the chief of honor on the occasion to commemorate of 50 years of space cooperation between France and India. On the sidelines of this event, Jean Yves Le Gall, president of the CNES met Dr Radhakrishnan, then Chairperson of ISRO.
Visit of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and his delegation to the Space Center ofToulouse on April 11, 2015.On this occasion of the official visit to France, CNES and ISRO, historical partners in the space field, signed a new cooperation agreement at the Elysée in the presence of the President of the Republic.
CNES and ISRO celebrated 15 years working together in climate monitoring from space. The first agreement signed in 2001 led to the launch of two French-Indian climate-monitoring satellites, Megha-Tropiques in 2011 and SARAL-AltiKa, an oceanography and data collection mission, in 2013. Both satellites have delivered highly valuable data in fields such as freshwater resource management, agriculture and fisheries, operational oceanography and disaster management.
