ISRO set to launch satellite to help MHA secure borders
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A satellite will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) exclusively for the Home Ministry to help it further strengthen its frontiers. The move is part of recommendations made by a task force on the use of space technology in improving border management which have been accepted by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Later speaking to media, Union Minister for State for Space Jitendra Singh and ISRO Chief K Sivan said that India has developed a border management technology. Speaking at the launch of a programme called UNNATI, an initiative of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Singh said, “I was amazed the other day that we have actually started a technology the integrated comprehensive border management — which is a pioneer project started in the international border of Pakistan.
You can virtually enter inside the house of a person living across the border. So such minute precision has been made by the camera.”
He said space technology is used in infrastructure works, construction of roads, intersection of Railway network, manning of railway lines and disaster management. UNNATI (UNispace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training by ISRO) is a capacity building programme on nanosatellite development.
It provides opportunities to the participants from developing countries to strengthen their capabilities in assembling, integrating and testing of nanosatellites, ISRO said in a statement. UNNATI programme is planned for three years in three batches and will target to benefit 90 delegates from 45 countries, the space agency said.
Each batch will be for 8-week duration and will comprise theoretical course work on nanosatellite definition, utility, laws governing their impact on space debris, design drivers, reliability and quality assurance and hands-on training on assembly, integration and testing of nanosatellites.
To execute the project in a time bound manner, a short, medium and long-term plan has been proposed for implementation in five years in close coordination with the ISRO and the Defence Ministry. “Major recommendations of the report are to build capacity in border guarding forces to use space resources for security, operational planning and border infrastructure development,” the statement issued by the Home Ministry said.
In short term, immediate needs of border guarding forces will be met by procurement of high resolution imagery and hiring of bandwidth for communications, it said. “In mid-term, one satellite is being launched by the ISRO for exclusive use of the MHA,” the statement said.
The task force headed by Joint Secretary (Border Management), having members from the BSF, the Department of Space and BM division of the Home Ministry, consulted all stakeholders including border guarding forces, the ISRO, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the Ministry of Defence to finalise the report.
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