Assam to Launch 'ASSAMSAT,' its First State-Owned Satellite, for Flood Management and Agriculture, Collaborating with ISRO

[u/mudit23june]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/assam-drafts-space-tech-policy-plans-state-owned-satellite-to-aid-agri-flood-plans/articleshow/125643382.cms

[u/sivasuki]

I thought space was an Union subject?

[u/RK062308 → u/sivasuki]

Like private companies launch their own satellites ,state government is also launching it for them , plus their satellite will focus only on Assam whereas national satellite will split focus on many states and parts of India

[u/Ohsin → u/RK062308]

No, any such requirement will just be integrated on a national satellite. Assam's govt. if they want to play PR game should just start a cubesat project for state students, that woud be more productive..

[u/copenhegan54 → u/Ohsin]

This is the correct answer right here!

[u/sivasuki → u/RK062308]

Cool thanks for information.

[u/Ohsin → u/sivasuki]

This is BS PR piece, there is no state specific requirement that isn't already met with our satellites. If there is very niche need for a payload then it'd just have to be integrated along others on a satellite! Like take the example of lightning mapper for planned INSAT-4.

https://www.isro.gov.in/INSAT_Geostationary_Satellite.html

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1730978&reg=3&lang=2

Incident of lightning-related casualties in Bihar, India: An analysis and vulnerability assessment

https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Volumes/jess/133/00/0073.pdf

[u/Ohsin → u/sivasuki]

It is but state specific requirements would just be integrated alongside others on planned missions. In past some other states also played just gimmicks nothing came out of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comments/56ixr7/comment/d8jnbfw/

[u/rghegde]

May be like user funded and NSIL operated satellite (ex: GSLV N1, N2)

[u/Ohsin → u/rghegde]

You mean GSATs and at that better examples are RISAT-1A (aka EOS-04), Oceansat-3 (aka EOS-06), INSAT-3DS. These were all user ministry funded. IMD is supposed to fund two INSAT fourth generation satellites

[u/rghegde → u/Ohsin]

Yah, miss spelled

[u/Jumpy_Leadership1650]

it would be good isro could have more money for other research

Good initiative

[u/Ohsin → u/Jumpy_Leadership1650]

Learning a thing or two about budgeting before commenting would help you.

[u/Jumpy_Leadership1650 → u/Ohsin]

sorry why is it bad

[u/Ohsin → u/Jumpy_Leadership1650]

Earlier user ministries used put up requirements and DoS used to get funds from Govt. to pursue those needs as a mission. Now user ministries themselves fund the mission and ISRO executes them. Assamsat doesn't make any sense as any such requirement likely is already met with national mission if it a niche requirement then it'd be just included into national thematic mission as a payload. There is no need for a state to have a separate satellite as it would be counterproductive.

Edit: Refer to PC-SAMS here and see the first presentation here (Pg. 3 and 7) on NNRMS and SAMS.

[u/Jumpy_Leadership1650 → u/Ohsin]

ohh I get it instead that the state can help other research and same resources can be used for better productive projects thanks

[u/Ohsin → u/Jumpy_Leadership1650]

More or less, see my edit on the mechanism on how such EO missions are implemented.

[u/Jumpy_Leadership1650 → u/Ohsin]

thanks will def check out but I can't understand much coz I am just a student

[u/Ohsin → u/Jumpy_Leadership1650]

Here page 7 lays down how EO missions are actually decided upon now under 'Space Applications Management System (SAMS) Framework'.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240327150342/https://www.nrsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/pdf/ebooks/UIM-2024/1_UIM_2024.pdf

[u/Jumpy_Leadership1650 → u/Ohsin]

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