What next? question started coming even before the launch of Aryabhata and it was decided to convert Aryabhata to a Remote Sensing satellite, with minimum changes as remote sensing was seen as a major application of space technology, affecting the life of the people. Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO) was to employ a camera in two bands and a three-channel Microwave Radiometer. SEO-1 was launched on 7 June 1979 and given the name Bhaskara 1. Simultaneously, one of the biggest societal experiments was conducted by ISRO in the project Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) by beaming specially created education cum entertainment programs through a ATS-F satellite of NASA. Ariane Passenger Pay Load Experiment (APPLE) was undertaken to develop the 3-axis stabilised communication satellite to conduct experiments in satellite communication technology and to create needed infrastructure. APPLE was a technology as well as a schedule challenge.


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    Title :

    The Experimental Era of Spaced-Based Services


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Making of a Satellite Centre ; Chapter : 3 ; 13-21


    Publication date :

    2021-08-24


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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