Dear Patrons,

It is SIA-India's proud privilege to announce that our founding member Ananth Technologies Ltd (ATL) has played a key role in ISRO's successful PSLV launch (PSLV C-52). Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, as the President of SIA-India, has steered this association through its initial phases and it is his wisdom and great vision that has enabled SIA-India to arrive at a position of strength within a short span of less than a year. It is a moment of great pleasure for us to congratulate ATL on the crucial role played in ISRO's national plans.

Pic: ISRO's PSLV C-52 carrying three satellites lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on 14 February 2022.

Ananth Technologies Limited (ATL) has been associated with ISRO for manufacturing various electronics and mechanical sub-systems for the past 3 decades. In this period ATL has been part of various launches by ISRO. This latest Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C-52) by ISRO is another successful mission into space which had a critical role played by ATL in carrying out the 'sub-assemblies of various flight systems, integration, and checkouts'. ATL has been involved with the ISRO missions associated with manufacturing of various electronics and mechanical sub-systems for launch vehicles, satellites, spacecraft payloads, and ground systems.

Dr. Subba Rao Pavuluri, CMD ATL and President SIA-India highlighted that ATL has provided to ISRO 'zero-defect manufacturing support' for around 69 launch vehicles and 89 spacecraft so far. The firm has recently formed a joint venture with the United States based Saturn Satellite Networks (SSN), for building advanced small-to-medium-sized satellites specifically suitable to be launched on-board India's PSLV and SSLV - Small Satellite Launch Vehicle.

For the Indian Space/Satellite industry this is a sign of greater things to come and far greater achievements by the industry to contribute towards the growth of the country. "This PSLV C-52 mission has also been unique for its different stages harnessed, integrated, tested and qualified by us. We have been a long-term partner with the ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and taking guidance from its engineers. We are thankful to the ISRO in reposing trust in us all these years. We have also been providing geo-spatial data and services for developmental projects in the country. Plus, manufacturing critical aerospace sub-systems for the strategic sector such as avionics packages, sensors, communication systems, sophisticated flight systems and the likes", said Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri after the launch.

'ATL has entered into agreements with reputed aerospace and space companies of Europe, the U.S., and Russia for specialized manufacturing services. The Government opening the space sector for 'enhanced participation' of private industries in all areas would help in the resolve for self-reliance under the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. Dr. Subba Rao observed

The Award for Excellence in Aerospace Indigenisation from Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries (SIATI), Bangalore to ATL for the development of VHF/ UHF modules for V/ UHF Radio, for the year 2022. In Pic Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri, founder, chairman & managing director of ATL receiving the award from Dr K. Sivan, Immediate Past Chairman, ISRO, Dr CG Krishnadas Nair, President SIATI; and Shri R. Madhavan, CMD, HAL on 17-02-2022

SIA-India is happy to announce that Viasat has come on board SIA-India as a Patron Member.

Viasat is a global communications company founded in 1986 and is based in Carlsbad, California. Viasat currently powers hundreds of millions of internet connections annually on land, in the air, and at sea, with reliable networking and advanced cybersecurity. Viasat is recognized for quality satellite broadband solutions, for example, by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States, by Fortune for advancing a commercial connectivity solution that has a measurable social impact, by CNET as the best satellite provider for rural connectivity in the United States, and by Fast Company's World Changing Ideas list for using satellite-connected Wi-Fi hot spots to provide broadband service where wireless infrastructure is too costly to install.

Viasat will start launching our next generation satellite broadband network, known as the ViaSat-3 constellation, next year followed by the ViaSat-4 network. These satellite networks are designed and built to operate across the entire 27.5-31 GHz band, including the critical 27.5-29.5 GHz (28 GHz) band (Earth-to-space) and the 17.7-21.2 GHz band (space-to-Earth). Today, these are the most effective spectrum bands for advanced, cost-effective satellite broadband services. Each of three ViaSat-3 global satellites will provide over one Terabit per second of throughput. ViaSat-4 will materially increase this throughput to 5-7 Terabits per second. Through technical advancements, Viasat has been able to reduce satellite broadband capacity costs by a factor of 400 and increase capacity by a factor of 500, when compared with legacy satellite networks. These advances result in much higher speeds, and more bandwidth, at affordable costs for consumers and government uses in India, on land, in the air, and at sea.

https://www.sia-india.com/members/our-members.html

SIA-India is pleased to welcome Mr. Vern Fortheringham on SIA-India Advisory Board. Vern Fotheringham has been a serial entrepreneur in the broadband wireless and satellite communications industry for over 25 years. He has created and built numerous successful ventures and contributed to large scale projects for major service providers, system vendors and software solution suppliers. He has also been a public policy and regulatory advocate for new telecommunications service rules and standards, and an inventor and creator of now globally adopted standards, innovative new products and services. We look forward to harnessing his rich experience in Satellite communication.

https://www.sia-india.com/about-us/advisory-board.html