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Insat-4B
to be launched today
Bangalore: The launch of Insat-4B satellite that
was to take place on 11 March on Sunday has been delayed
by 24 hours due to a technical snag in the launch pad
of Ariane-5 at Kourou in French Guyana.
According
to a statement posted by Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) on its official website, the satellite was scheduled
for launch between 3:55 am and 4:28 am IST on Sunday.
However, seven minutes before lift-off, an anomaly was
detected in the water deluge system (used to reduce the
acoustic levels for the safety of the launch pad).
The
launch is now expected to take place in the early hours
of March 12. The health of both satellite and launch vehicle
is normal and they have been put in safe mode.
As
the second satellite in the Insat-4 series, Insat-4B is
carrying 12 high power Ku-band (11-14 GHz) transponders
and 12 C-band (4-6 GHz) transponders to augment the capacity
for Direct-To-Home (DTH) television services and expanding
the Insat capacity for other communication and broadcasting
services. Insat-4b is the thirteenth Indian satellite
to use the European launcher for deployment in the geo-synchronous
orbit.
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India
may become tea-tasting destination
Berlin: The tourism ministry is considering turning
India into a tea tasting destination along the lines of
Europe being a wine tasting destination.
That,
along with holding international conferences, is the new
area India plans to focus on as it seeks to boost in-bound
tourism in the coming years said Tourism and Culture Minister
Ambika Soni.
She
said tea-tasting circuits would be developed similar to
the wine-tasting tours offered in Europe, she said at
a press conference here.
Convention
tourism is another area which the government is keen to
develop as it holds great potential in India, Soni, who
was here to launch "India Incredible" campaign
at the International Tourism Exchange, said.
At
present, India's share is only about eight per cent of
the annual global business of US dollars 280 million generated
by convention tourism.
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