India’s Military Space Program
9-07-10
India ’s Dedicated Military Naval Satellite
India will launch its first dedicated military satellite with a combined Naval Comsat and Naval surveillance mission to cover a swath of about 1,000 nautical miles over the Indian Ocean on its various orbital passes. Its launch according to the Ministry of Defense is scheduled between December 2010 and March 2011 using the GSLV booster with other India Air Force and India Army Satellites to follow in the coming years. This will greatly enhance the Indian navy C4ISR [Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance] capability along with new operational practices and new surveillance aircraft being added to the overall naval capability.
Immediate Top Priority Program
Pushed by Indian immediate national security concerns that it not fall behind in intelligence surveillance advantage operational issues has sparked the Indian governments actions and its military with its security requirements responsibility on these programs. Literally wartime like emergency requirements was applied to get this program moving on the path to launch as quickly as possible.
Other existing and Duel Purpose Military Imaging Spacecraft
This is in addition to their new higher resolution daylight imaging spacecraft launched in 2008 and the existing low and medium resolution remote sensing satellites already being utilized by Indian Intelligence organization for the State and military.
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