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ISRO to Set Up New Radar Facility Near Guwahati
ISRO is building a new radar facility near Guwahati.
The facility will watch objects moving in space.
It will help track satellites and space debris.
Space debris can sometimes collide with working spacecraft.
The project is part of ISRO’s NETRA program.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone on September 21.
ISRO’s tracking network, ISTRAC, is helping set up the facility.
The radar will also help scientists study weather, clouds, the atmosphere, and space weather.
A new ISRO radar and satellite-tracking facility is being built in Chandrapur near Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone on September 21.
ISRO said the facility is part of its Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis, or NETRA.
The facility is intended to improve Space Situational Awareness and help protect space assets from collisions with debris.
It will support atmospheric and ionospheric observations, weather monitoring, cloud observations, and space-weather studies.
- Who
- The Indian Space Research Organisation, with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and ISRO Chairman V Narayanan present at the foundation ceremony.
- What
- A new radar and satellite-tracking facility is being built as part of ISRO’s Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis.
- Where
- Chandrapur near Guwahati, Assam.
- When
- The foundation stone was laid on September 21; ISRO announced the facility on Thursday.
- Why
- To improve Space Situational Awareness, track space objects, help protect space assets from debris collisions, and support atmospheric, weather, and space-weather observations.
Key facts
- Facility location
- Chandrapur near Guwahati, Assam
- Program
- ISRO’s Network for Space Object Tracking and Analysis (NETRA)
- Nodal agency
- ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
- Foundation stone
- Laid on September 21
- Key capability
- Advanced radar technology for space-object tracking
- Additional uses
- Ionospheric and atmospheric observations, weather and cloud monitoring, and space-weather studies
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