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Controlling telescopes, antennas and airborne radars: BARC’s five-decade-long journey from Ooty to Hanle


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1 55 Sreeniketan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, India
2 Tower 6, Flat 401, Sagar Darshan, Sector 18, Navi Mumbai 400 706, India
3 Flat A-107, Nana Nani Phase 4, Kasthurinaicken Palayam, Coimbatore 641 041, India
 

This article provides a case study of antenna control servo system development in the Department of Atomic Energy over the last five decades, starting with the pioneering efforts for Ooty Radio Telescope (1970) and Arvi Earth Station (1971). While tracing the evolution of technology, the challenges and motivations, we evaluate these efforts against the basic tenets espoused by Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai for the growth of science and technology in India, viz. self-reliance with commercial viability.
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Y. S. Mayya
55 Sreeniketan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094, India
G. P. Srivastava
Tower 6, Flat 401, Sagar Darshan, Sector 18, Navi Mumbai 400 706, India
G. Govindarajan
Flat A-107, Nana Nani Phase 4, Kasthurinaicken Palayam, Coimbatore 641 041, India

Abstract


This article provides a case study of antenna control servo system development in the Department of Atomic Energy over the last five decades, starting with the pioneering efforts for Ooty Radio Telescope (1970) and Arvi Earth Station (1971). While tracing the evolution of technology, the challenges and motivations, we evaluate these efforts against the basic tenets espoused by Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai for the growth of science and technology in India, viz. self-reliance with commercial viability.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv123%2Fi3%2F406-416