INSAT Master Control Facility

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Master Control Facility of ISRO, Hassan. (Discuss)

INSAT Master Control Facility is one of the centers of Indian Space Research Organisation, which is responsible for post-launch operations on INSAT satellites including orbit manoeuvres, station keeping and on-orbit operations. INSAT MCF of ISRO are located at two locations, Hassan in the South Indian state of Karnataka and at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The center at Hassan is the largest and the older of the two.

At present, the center supports on-orbit operations on INSAT-3A, INSAT-3B, INSAT-3C, INSAT-3E, Kalpana-1, GSAT-3 and INSAT-4B satellites.

[edit] See also

• Indian Space Research Organization

[edit] External links

• ISRO's website on MCF
• Master Control Facility in Hassan on Wikimapia

v • d • e Facilities of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ISRO Satellite Centre · INSAT Master Control Facility · Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre · Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre · Satish Dhawan Space Centre · Space Applications Centre · Development and Educational Communication Unit · ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network · ISRO Inertial Systems Unit · National Remote Sensing Agency · Regional Remote Sensing Service Centres · Physical Research Laboratory · National Mesosphere/Stratosphere Troposphere Radar Facility

v • d • e Indian space program Centres Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) · Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) · ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) · Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) · Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) · Space Applications Centre · ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) · INSAT Master Control Facility · ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU) · National Remote Sensing Agency · Physical Research Laboratory · more Satellites Aryabhata · Rohini · Bhaskara · Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE) · Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) series · Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) series · Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS) · HAMSAT · Kalpana-1 · Astrosat · GSAT · more Projects and vehicles Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) · Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) (Augmented) · Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) · Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) · Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SCRE/SRE) · AVATAR · Chandrayaan · Human spaceflight · Indian Astronomical Observatory · Ooty Radio Telescope · National Atmospheric Radar Laboratory (NARL) · more Associated organisations Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) · Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) · Raman Research Institute · Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) · Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) · Department of Space · Antrix · Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) · Aerospace Command · Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) · Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) People Vikram Sarabhai · Homi Bhabha · Satish Dhawan · Rakesh Sharma · Ravish Malhotra · Krishnaswami Kasturirangan · Jayant Narlikar · U. Ramachandra Rao · Abdul Kalam · G. Madhavan Nair · Mylswamy Annadurai · R.V. Perumal · B.N. Suresh