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‘Project NETRA’

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Miscellaneous
  • Published
    3rd Sep, 2020
  • Project NETRA - Network for space object Tracking and Analysis is an early warning system of ISRO, launched in 2019.
  • It aims for early warning in space to detect debris and other hazards to Indian satellites.
  • Under the project, the ISRO plans to put up many observational facilities such as
    • Connected radars,
    • Telescopes,
    • Data processing units
    • Control centre
  • The project will give India its own capability in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) like the other space powers which is used to ‘predict’ threats from debris to Indian satellites.
  • NETRA’s eventual goal is to capture the GEO, or geostationary orbit, scene at 36,000 km where communication satellites operate.
  • The effort would make India a part of international efforts towards tracking, warning about and mitigating space debris.

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