SIPD2024
Space Instrumentation & Payload Development Workshop
IIT Kanpur, 27-30 March 2024
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Organizing committee
Kunal Mooley, JS Yadav, Yamini Jangir-Mooley (IITK),
Shyama Narendranath (URSC/ISRO)
The Indian space program has taken significant strides in the last decade with missions such as the Chandrayaan series, Mars Orbiter, AstroSat and XPoSat. The Human Space Flight / Gaganyaan programs are also converging rapidly. Additionally, there are many missions in the study phase where there is a high thrust on science. Need of the hour is a systematic effort to facilitate design and development of space science instruments and for capacity building across the country. The Space Instrumentation and Payload Development (SIPD) workshop is being held at IIT Kanpur to initiate such an effort with the aid of ISRO. This workshop is bringing together experts from science and instrumentation backgrounds to share the know-how and chart a strategy towards development of space instrumentation. The focus is on Instrumentation and payload development from the perspectives of astronomical observations, planetary in-situ and ex-situ measurements and astrobiology, which have a large scope for the Indian space programme. Experts will thus be discussing technology development and collaborations for developing high-quality payloads on future astronomical and planetary missions.
The SIPD workshop is being inaugurated by Anil Bhardwaj (Director, Physical Research Laboratory) with a Lecture on “Indian Planetary and Space Missions: Challenges, Science, and Future”. On each of the following three days of the workshop a unique theme will be covered:1)Space Instrumentation and Manufacturing: Current & Emerging Technologies 2) Missions, Payloads, Data and Science 3) New Frontiers and Future Directions.
For each theme there will be a couple of topical overview presentations, a few instrument development and “lessons learned” presentations, which will be followed by focused discussion/brainstorming sessions. Additionally, some special presentations are planned to serve as introductory training for scientists and engineers who are new to space instrumentation and payload development.
Schedule
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Talk Title |
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Day 0 (27 Mar) : Inaugural Lecture |
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18:00 - 9:00 |
Institute-level lecture (Indian Planetary and Space Missions: Challenges, Science, & Future) |
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Anil Bhardwaj |
PRL, ISRO |
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Day 1 (28 Mar) : Space Instrumentation and Manufacturing: Current & Emerging Technologies |
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S0: Inaugural session |
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9:00 - 09:30 |
Opening Remarks and Logistics |
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Pankaj Jain, JS Yadav, Kunal Mooley |
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S1: Current Instrument Development (Chair: Pankaj Jain) |
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9:30 - 10:10 |
Space Instrumentation at URSC/ISRO |
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Radhakrishna V |
URSC, ISRO |
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10:10 -10:30 |
SEAMS |
Abhirup Dutta |
IIT Indore |
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10:30 -10:50 |
DAKSHA |
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Varun Bhalerao (Remote) |
IIT Bombay |
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10:50 -11:10 |
PRATUSH: An Indian Space-based Cosmology Experiment |
Mayuri Rao |
RRI |
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11:10 -11:30 |
Break |
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S2: Imaging, Sensors and Space Manufacturing Technologies (Chair: JS Yadav) |
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11:30 -11:55 |
Design and Development of Electro-Optical payloads |
Vishal Sakarvadiya |
SAC, ISRO |
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11:55 -12:20 |
Microwave Sensors: Concept to Realization |
Nidhi Singh |
SAC, ISRO |
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12:20 -12:45 |
Advancements in Imaging Systems: From Atomic to Mesoscopic Targets and Space Applications of Aerodynamic Lens |
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Vandana Sharma |
IIT Hyderabad |
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12:45 -13:05 |
Space Materials Processing and Manufacturing at IITK |
Sarvesh Mishra |
IIT Kanpur |
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13:05 -14:30 |
Lunch break |
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S3: Instrumentation and Payload Opportunities (Chair: Kunal Mooley) |
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14:30 -15:10 |
Satellite and Launch Platforms, and Future ISRO Mission Concepts |
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BHM Darukesha ISRO (Remote) |
ISRO HQ |
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15:10 -15:30 |
Nanosat and Cubesat program at DSU |
G Venkatesh Prasad |
Dayanand Sagar U |
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15:30 -16:00 |
Instrumentation Opportunities in Planetary Programs |
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Shyama Narendranath (Remote) |
URSC, ISRO |
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16:00 -16:20 |
Break |
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S4: Discussion (Chairs: Abhirup Dutta, Jayant Murthy) |
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16:20 -17:00 |
Discussion: Instrument/Payload development at non-ISRO institutes and collaborating with ISRO (Development of new technologies, Required resources - expertise, funding, etc - challenges) |
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Chairs and everyone |
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Day 2 (29 Mar): Missions, Payloads, Data and Science |
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S1: ASTROSAT and ADITYA L-1 Missions (Chair: Santosh Vadawale) |
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09:00 -09:40 |
AstroSAT mission and the LAXPC Instrument |
JS Yadav |
IIT Kanpur |
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9:40 - 10:10 |
Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya-L1 (PAPA) |
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Satheesh Thampi |
SPL, VSSC, ISRO |
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10:10 -10:30 |
SUIT on Aditya L-1 |
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Sreejith Padinhatteeri (Remote) |
Manipal U |
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10:30 -11:00 |
Development of a Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG) for ADITYA-L1 |
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Vipin Yadav |
SPL, VSSC, ISRO |
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11:00 -11:20 |
Break |
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S2: More Missions and Payloads (Chair: Radhakrishna V) |
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11:20 -12:00 |
Ch-2 and Ch-3 Missions with a focus on APXS and XSM payloads |
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Santosh Vadawale |
PRL, ISRO |
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12:00 -12:30 |
A decade (and 5 PhDs) of small payload development: Lessons learned and current plans. |
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Jayant Murthy |
IIA (emeritus) |
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12:30 -13:00 |
POLIX Instrument on XPOSAT |
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Vikram Rana (Remote) |
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13:00 -14:30 |
Lunch break |
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S3: Even More Payloads (Chair: TBD) |
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14:30 -14:50 |
IIRS on Chandrayaan-2 |
Satadru Bhattacharya (Remote) |
SAC, ISRO |
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14:50 -15:10 |
Astronomy Payload Opportunities |
Girish V (Remote) |
ISRO HQ |
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15:10 -15:50 |
Going from a Lab Experiment to a Flight-Ready Payload (Tutorial) |
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Radhakrishna V |
URSC/ISRO |
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15:50 -16:10 |
Break |
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S4: Brainstorming (Chairs: Astro -- JS Yadav and Mayuri Rao; Planetary/Astrobiology -- Sudha Rajamani and Aloke Kumar) |
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16:10 -17:30 |
Mission concept with clearly laid out science goals and instruments (template linked here) |
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Day 3 (30 Mar): New Frontiers and Future Directions |
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S1: Astrobiology and In-situ Resource Utilization (Chair: Yamini Jangir) |
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09:00 -09:30 |
Brief Review of Astrobiology Research as Relevant to Space Sciences |
Sudha Rajamani |
IISER (Pune) |
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09:40 -10:00 |
Studying Tardigrades in Space |
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SandeepEswarappa |
IISc (Bangalore) |
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10:00 -10:50 |
Going with Gaganyaan: Space Bricks and Biological Payloads |
Aloke Kumar |
IISc (Bangalore) |
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10:50 -11:10 |
Astrobiology Cubesat: Sukshma Jeeva Yaan |
Yamini Jangir, SaranMatheshwaran |
IIT Kanpur |
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11:10 -11:30 |
Break |
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S2: Astrobiology, Astrogeology & Human Spaceflight (Chair: Aloke Kumar) |
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11:30 -11:50 |
Martian Analogue Sites in the Indian Subcontinent: A Testbed for Space Science Research and Instruments |
Binita Parthiyal |
BSIP (Lucknow) |
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11:50 -12:10 |
Sample Collection Technologies for Mars Surface Exploration |
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Siddharth Pandey (Remote) |
Fugro SpAARC (Australia) |
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12:10 -12:30 |
Stratospheric Altitude Microbiology Probe for Life Existence (SAMPLE) |
Margarita Safonova (Remote) |
IIA (Bangalore) |
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12:30 -12:50 |
Human Space Flight & Gaganyaan |
Sudhir Shukla |
ISRO HSFC |
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13:00 -14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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S3: Brainstorming Results & Panel DIscussion (Chairs: TBD) |
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14:30 -14:45 |
Briefing on theAstro/Astrobio/Planetary Mission concepts from the Brainstorming session |
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Mayuri Rao, Santosh Vadawale, Sudha Rajamani, Aloke Kumar |
Various |
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14:45 -16:30 |
Future Missions and Experiments: Harnessing the LEO, Deep Space, Planetary and Space Station platforms |
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JS Yadav, GirishV, Santosh Vadawale, Jayant Murthy, Radhakrishna, Aloke Kumar, Sudha Rajamani, Mayuri Rao |
Various |
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16:30 -16:50 |
Break |
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S4: Concluding presentations and remarks |
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16:50 -17:30 |
Concluding Presentations and Remarks |
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BishakhBhattacharya, Pankaj Jain, JS Yadav |
IIT Kanpur |
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Participants
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Sr. No |
Name |
Affiliation |
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1 |
Anil Bhardwaj |
PRL |
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2 |
Santosh Vadawale |
PRL |
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3 |
Mayuri Rao |
Raman Research Institute |
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4 |
Abhirup Datta |
IIT Indore |
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5 |
Aloke Kumar |
Indian Institute of Science |
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6 |
Sudha Rajamani |
IISER Pune |
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7 |
Radhakrishna V |
URSC/ISRO |
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8 |
Sudhir Shukla |
ISRO |
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9 |
Binita Phartiyal |
BSIP |
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10 |
Prof. Vandana Sharma |
IIT Hyderabad |
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11 |
Satheesh Thampi |
VSSC/ISRO |
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12 |
Vipin Yadav |
VSSC/ISRO |
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13 |
Jayant Murthy |
IIA, Emeritus |
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14 |
Nidhi Singh |
SAC/ISRO |
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15 |
Vishal Sakarvadiya |
SAC/ISRO |
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16 |
Pankaj Jain |
IIT Kanpur |
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17 |
JS Yadav |
IIT Kanpur |
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18 |
Sarvesh Mishra |
IIT Kanpur |
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19 |
Saravanan Matheswaran |
IIT Kanpur |
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20 |
Yamini Jangir |
IIT Kanpur |
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21 |
Bishakh Bhattacharya |
IIT Kanpur |
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22 |
Kunal Mooley |
IIT Kanpur |
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23 |
Navaneeth P |
IIT Kanpur |
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24 |
Prashanth Pathak |
IIT Kanpur |
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25 |
Gopal Hazra |
IIT Kanpur |
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26 |
AR Harish |
IIT Kanpur |
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27 |
Rohit Sharma |
IIT Kanpur |
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28 |
Ashwani Kumar Thakur |
IIT Kanpur |
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29 |
Nagaditya Poluri |
IIT Kanpur |
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Virtual Presenters |
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30 |
Shyama Narendranath |
URSC, ISRO |
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32 |
Varun Bhalerao |
IIT Bombay |
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33 |
Sreejith Padinhatteeri |
Manipal U |
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34 |
Satadru Bhattacharya |
SAC, ISRO |
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35 |
BHM Darukesha |
ISRO, HQ |
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36 |
Siddharth Pandey |
FUGRO |
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37 |
Margarita Sofanova |
IIA |
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38 |
Girish V |
ISRO, HQ |
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39 |
G Venkatesh Prasad |
Dayanand Sagar U |
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40 |
Sandeep Eswarappa |
Indian Institute of Science |
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41 |
Biswajit Paul |
RRI |