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In parallel, the ISRO has also started fabrication, metal cutting and hardware production, fabrication of Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and mechanical fabrication that will house the custom PCBs.
The ISRO has made significant progress in the launch vehicle as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) can carry only 9 tons whereas the Chandrayaan-1 project needs capacity to carry 12.4 tons. ISRO scientists are reportedly happy with tests done to the modified PSLV with strap-on motor.
The biggest missing piece of the architecture is the ground station for the Deep Space Network. The ground station will house the entire receiving and management equipment. ISRO says that it has already acquired the land and started construction. The ground station will house a 32-meter custom-designed and manufactured antenna. The Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has got the contract to design and manufacture the antenna with the help of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center
(BARC).
ISRO says it is conscious that there is increasing global interest in the project and is determined to succeed on all defined
parameters.
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