BANGALORE: Electronics Corporation of Indian Limited (ECIL) will develop a 34 meter diameter deep space antenna for deep space.

An MOU had been signed with ISRO to this effect, work has commenced and land acquisition efforts are in progress as per Dr. M Y S Prasad, director of ISRO's master control facility, Hassan while speaking at the press conference. Prasad announced the launch of the Bangalore based ATREE's first Eco-Informatics Center, the web-site being www.ecoinfoindia.org. This antenna would be ready for the same by 2008.
 

As reported earlier, ISRO (The Indian Space Research Organisation) planned to launch 4 satellites this year - the Cartosat-1 -a remote sensing mapping satellite, Insat 4A, the Carrostat-2 and the Insat 4C.

Cartosat-1 with Hamsat-1 riding piggyback were successfully launched with the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharkota earlier this month.
 
 

Clearances are awaited from the Europe Launch Agency - Arianespace for launch of the other satellites.