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ISRO Satellite Integration and Testing Establishment (ISITE) (Template:Lang-hi) is an integrated satellite testing facility established under the aegis of ISRO Satellite Center by Indian Space Research Organisation in 2006. The testing facility is spread over 100-acre and can integrate and test six satellites of the INSAT class at different stages simultaneously: 2 communications, 2 remote sensing and 2 foreign satellites.[1]The investment on the facility is so far about Rs 220 crore and ISRO plans to make a further investment of Rs 100 crore. The facility has also carried out vibration and acoustic tests of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft.[2]


Facilities

The establishment houses four state-of-art facilities:

  • Assembly, integration & test (AIT) clean room - A clean room is of the size of 55x34 metre and with a height of 60 metre, has the capacity to build satellites of 6.5 metre height integrating at least 800 elements. The complete airlock chamber will have temperatures ranging from 1 degree C to 22 degree C and the cleanliness level is 1 lakh class (1 lakh particles permissible per cubic metre).The AIT has an Electro static discharge (ESD) floor to drive away static charges from human body.[3]
  • Comprehensive assembly & test vacuum chamber (CATVAC) - It can simulate conditions in space. CATVAC will test the working performance and the balance testing
  • Comprehensive assembly and test vibration facility (CATVIB) - A Vibration facility which can produce vibrations similar to those that occur during actual launch of spacecraft.
  • Compact antenna test facility (CATF) - It is a fully-automated chamber for spacecraft and antenna testing that will ensure the increasingly travelled path of the radio frequency (RF) energy to find out if the antenna is going to cover the geographical location or not.[4]

Collaboration

ISRO has planned to support small and mid-sized industries at its 10-year-old second spacecraft complex, the 100-acre ISITE, at Marathahalli in Bengaluru. The facility is already open to suppliers who assemble and test their spacecraft systems for the ISRO. ISRO is hinging on public-private partnership to increase the frequency of satellite launches.[5]


References

  1. ^ "ISRO gets the best space". Bangalore. 17 Apr 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Go ahead given for 28 October Mars mission". Sep 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "ISRO establishes ISITE". 18 April 2006.
  4. ^ "ISRO gets facility for satellite integration, testing". 26 Apr 2006.
  5. ^ "Space parks to lift ISRO run rate". Bangalore: The Hindu. January 11, 2016.
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