Saving Earthlings from Space ?

Times of India ( 15 Nov ) carries a news report titled :

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“ ISRO tech to curb accidents at open Railway Crossings “

Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is helping the Indian Railways use its satellite-based system to check accidents at unmanned railway crossings and track train movements on a real-time basis.

Working on a pilot project with Isro, the railways has installed space agency-developed integrated circuit (IC) chips on some train engines. The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (or NaVIC) will be used to warn road users of approaching trains through hooters installed at unmanned road crossings.

Tapan Misra, director of Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC), confirmed that "Isro and the Indian Railways have been working together on this pilot project since June".

Explaining the functioning of the satellite-based system, Misra said, "A hooter will be activated as soon as it gets signal from the IC chip installed on a train when its engine is at a distance of 500 metres to 4 km from the crossing. The hooter, linked to the navigation system, will thus warn road users about the approaching train. It will become louder as the train comes near the crossing and will fall silent after the train has passed."

Misra said, "The satellite-based system will also be used for tracking trains for disseminating information about their movement on a real-time basis." He said, "The system will also help the railways map the area covered by trains. The technology will come in handy at the time of a railway accident when it can be used to ascertain the exact location of a train."

ISRO and Shri Tapan Misra deserve congratulations – and a BIG THANKS – for this initiative to save lives , using NaVIC

I urge Shri Misra to extend the application of NaVIC , to the problems outlined by me in my following E Mail to him :

01  June  2017

director@sac.isro.gov.in

Dear Shri Misraji :

Even as I hope that you find a few minutes to consider the feasibility of my following suggestion , I request you to take a look at my today’s blog , below

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

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Who says IMPOSSIBLE  ?

Yesterday , in my blog , I had suggested a solution for collecting “ Parking Charges “ from 20 lakh vehicles that get parked on Mumbai streets at night

And collect fees from 30 lakh ( or whatever number ) vehicles that ply on these streets , during the day time

Then extend this E-Governance to 200 MILLION vehicle population in the entire country

A suggestion that could earn , City Municipalities / State Governments and the Central Government , ( may be ) , Rs 100 crores per day !

You can find the detailed proposal at :

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·          Leveraging Navic  ?

      {  https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/05/leveraging-navic.html  }

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·         Un-implementable Laws : Unstoppable  Corruption

         https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/02/un-implementable-laws- unstoppable.html  }

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It is quite possible that some of the readers may entertain doubts as to the feasibility of my suggestion

For them , I reproduce below , a news report from Economic Times ( 31 May 2017 ) :

SOON, SATELLITE NETWORK TO TAKE HD VIDEOS OF EARTH FROM SPACE 

A British company is planning to launch a network of satellites that can take high resolution coloured images and videos of the Earth, which could be used to track individual vehicles from space. 

A prototype spacecraft is set to be launched later this year for testing. Five more such platforms will follow in 2019.

 

The train of satellites will deliver rapid, high- resolution imagery of the planet in still and video formats. At best resolution, the images will capture features just under a meter across

  

The images would enable 3D models of the ground to be constructed, and videos could be used to track moving objects such as cars and other vehicles, according to UK-based company Earth-i.

 

UK-based manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has developed a new class of Earth observation spacecraft codenamed Carbonite.

The first in this series was built in just six months and was launched in 2015. The lessons learned from that experience were then applied to the new satellite of the Earth-i constellation.

"We worked on Carbonite-1 with SSTL and studied the performance to help develop the technology for Carbonite-2 which we will be calling EiX2," said Richard Blain, CEO of Earth-i. 

"As for the constellation, we will launch that in batches of five," Blain told 'BBC News'. 

"Our baseline plan is for the first batch to go into one orbital plane, and then for the following batches to go into different planes, so that not only do we get a high-frequency revisit to places on Earth but we also get to see places at different times of the day," he said. 

Earth-i's constellation would be the first European system to provide HD video of activity on the ground. 

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Dear Shri Gadkariji ,

Here is your opportunity to change the face of  TRANSPORTATION  in India !

 

Please , grab it  !

15  Nov  2017

www.hemenparekh.in / blogs