BANGALORE, OCT. 19:
A ten-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment and Forests visited the Department of Space headquarters and its satellite assembly facilities on Tuesday, an ISRO release said.
Dr T.Subbarami Reddy, Standing Committee Chairman, was accompanied by three members of the Rajya Sabha and six members of the Lok Sabha.
At ISITE (ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment) the committee members were shown communication satellites GSAT-6, GSAT-7 and GSAT-14 and the meteorology satellite INSAT-3D. The spacecraft are in various stages of fabrication and testing. The team also went around the Compact Antenna Test Facility and the Comprehensive Assembly and Test Vacuum Chamber facilities.
ISRO officials apprised the team of the progress made in space technology and its benefits to the country. It also made a detailed presentation on the activities related to communication satellites, navigation satellites, remote sensing satellites, small satellites and the space science missions undertaken at the ISRO Satellite Centre.
The members inquired about drought monitoring, flood relief, glacier inventory, weather forecasting and prediction of earthquakes.
Dr Reddy in his remarks congratulated ISRO on its achievements, the latest being the launch of Megha-Tropiques and three small satellites on the PSLV-C18 rocket, the release said.
source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/government-and-policy/article2552315.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy
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