One-day Industrial Visit to URSC, Bangalore
A one-day Industrial Visit to ISRO – U R Rao Satellite Center (URSC), Bangalore, was organized by Department of Electronics and Communication, on 24th April, 2022. Nearly 120 students from 6th semester, along with 2 faculty members Prof. Sneh Lata and Dr. Utsab Banerjee embarked on this visit.
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru, formerly known as ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), is the lead centre for building satellites and developing associated satellite technologies. These spacecrafts are used for providing applications to various users in the areas of Communication, Navigation, Meteorology, Remote Sensing, Space Science and Interplanetary Explorations. The Centre is also pursuing advanced technologies for future missions. URSC houses state-of-the-art facilities, for building satellites on end-to-end basis. ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment (ISITE) is equipped with state-of-the-art clean room facilities for spacecraft integration and test facilities including a 6.5 metre Thermo Vacuum Chamber, a 29-ton Vibration Facility, Compact Antenna Test Facility and Acoustic Test Facility, all under one roof. Assembly, Integration and Testing of all Communication and Navigation Spacecrafts are carried out at ISITE. A dedicated facility for the production of standardized subsystems has also been established at ISITE.
URSC has a unit called Laboratory for Electro Optics System (LEOS), which is situated in Peenya, Bengaluru, and is mainly responsible for Research, Development and Production of Sensors for ISRO programmes.
Since its inception, URSC has the distinction of building more than 100 satellites for various applications. Many private and public sector industries are also supporting ISAC in realizing standard satellite hardware.
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru, is entrusted with the major responsibility of providing tracking support for all the satellite and launch vehicle missions of ISRO. The major objectives of the centre are: carrying out mission operations of all operational remote sensing and scientific satellites, providing Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TTC) services from launch vehicle lift-off till injection of satellite into orbit and to estimate its preliminary orbit in space, and hardware and software developmental activities that enhance the capabilities of ISTRAC for providing flawless TTC and Mission Operations services. Towards meeting these objectives, ISTRAC has established a network of ground stations at Bengaluru, Lucknow, Mauritius, Sriharikota, Port Blair, Thiruvananthapuram, Brunei, Biak (Indonesia) and the Deep Space Network Stations.
In keeping with its long-established TTC support responsibility, ISTRAC has also been mandated to provide space operations support for Deep Space Missions of ISRO, undertake development of radar systems for launch vehicle tracking and meteorological applications, establish and operationalize the ground segment for Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System, provide Search
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