Bhatia, Bhupendra Singh(INFLIBNET Center, January 29, 2009)
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Abstract:
EDUSAT was launched in September 2004. Given a life span of about seven years,
it would be available till 2011. In case the services need to be continued, a
replacement of the satellite would be necessary. Given the requirement of a lead
time of about two years for designing assembling and launching a spacecraft, the
preparations should start latest by 2009 accordingly. It is therefore, it has been
envisaged to the type and replacement required for EDUSAT including the associated
changes involved according to the experience.
This paper is an attempt to briefly review the evolution of satellite based education
system in the country and the achievements of EDUSAT. It examines the
experiences with the present space and ground configurations and discusses the
possible changes for improvement and continuity of services. The need for
establishing structures for meeting the operational and managerial requirements is
also discussed.