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Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:00 +0100
Earth watcher Proba-V is in good health following its launch last week. The Vegetation imager has been switched on and the first image has been captured over western France.
The miniature satellite is designed to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days. The data can be used for alerting authorities to crop failures or monitoring the spread of deserts and deforestation.
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Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 +0100
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Boeing [NYSE: BA] has a new satellite customer under a contract to design and deliver one Boeing 702HP high-power spacecraft to ViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ: VSAT] in 2016.
The satellite, ViaSat-2, will provide high-speed satellite broadband services to subscribers of the ViaSat Exede® Internet service, as well as address its growing mobile broadband businesses. The companies also will cooperatively offer the system to other satellite providers. Contract value is not being disclosed.
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Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 +0100
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A U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Boeing was successfully launched May 15. The fourth GPS IIF satellite, Space Vehicle Number (SVN) 66, was carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle at 5:38 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Fri, 17 May 2013 08:39:00 +0100
NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C. NASA officials reviewed a series of detailed project assessments and authorized the spacecraft's continuation into the development phase.
OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the astero...
Fri, 17 May 2013 08:27:00 +0100
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ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) has executed a contract with Boeing (NYSE: BA) to build ViaSat-2, which is based on ViaSat's next generation, Ka-band satellite technology and architecture. ViaSat-2 is expected to be, by far, the world's highest capacity satellite at the time of launch (scheduled for mid-2016) achieving an unparalleled mix of capacity and coverage. ViaSat-2 is anticipated to approximately double the bandwidth economics of ViaSat-1 while simultaneously increasing its coverage foo...
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Current job: Employment Term: Job location: Date available: Industry: KeywordsCV
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 12 December 1956
Place of Birth: Solapur (Maharashtra, India)
Current Age: 52 Years
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Doctor of Philosophy July 1998
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT – Bombay)
• Thesis on “Kinetics of outgassing of spacecraft payload materials”
• Configuration of experimental set up of outgassing evaluation of payload materials
• The setup has been operational since last twelve years without any major maintenance.
Master of Technology (Metallurgical Engineering) October 1981
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT – Bombay)
• Undertook specialist metallurgical subjects including:
Foundry Metallurgy, Materials Science, Thermodynamics of Metallurgical systems, Corrosion process and control, X-Ray and Electron Metallography and Non-destructive testing.
• Undertook the project on Hard Gold Plating”
Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy) April 1979
University of Poona (Pune University)
• Undertook various metallurigical subjects including:
Structural Metallurgy, Ferrous Metallurgy, Experimental techniques in metallurgy
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) 7 Sept ’06 – till date
General Manager (Gujarat & Rajasthan)
• Third-party inspection of industrial materials and marine parts
• Cross-country pipeline inspection for IOCL (Jaipur)
• Third-party inspection for Cairn Energy Project at Suvali, Reliance Industries LTD
• Welder qualification for various industries
• Management and co-ordination of jobs in Gujarat and Rajasthan region for IRS operations.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) 22 July ‘82 – 1 Sept ‘06
Division Head – Electrochemical and Materials Quality Division (EMQD)
• Selection of materials and outlining specifications for the development of satellite payload
• Evaluation of materials for thermal expansion, viscosity, mechanical strength, magnetic properties, outgassing properties, elemental chemical analysis etc.
• Performing non-destructive testing of materials
• Development of ‘State of the Art’ materials test facilities and ensuring its successful operation
Indian Institute of technology (IIT – Bombay) 27 Jan ’81 – 21 July ‘82
Senior Research Assistant – Advanced Centre for Research in Electronics
• Gold-plating for microwave integrated circuits used in development of high-power phase shifter for defense applications
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
1.“Collected Volatile condensable mass loss using Quartz Crystal Microbalance technique” (September 1997)
Author: Rajeev Vaghmare
Published at 27th Vacuum Microbalance Technique conference (Lubin, Poland)
2.“Vacuum, Microbalance technique for outgassing evaluation of space worthy materials” (Sepetember 1996)
Author: Rajeev Vaghmare
Published at 25th Vacuum Microbalance Technique conference (Seigen, Germany)
3.“Soft X-Ray radiography of non-destructive evaluation of payload electronics” (March 1996)
Author: Rajeev Vaghmare
Published at ASNT conference (Virginia, USA)
4.“Non destructive evaluation of stresses within AISI 304 Stainless Steel Fasteners – A Magnetometric approach”(October 1995)
Co-authros: Manglik, VK Modi, HM
Published at ASNT Fall Conference (Dallas)
5.“Design of Inspection and Acceptance test methodologies for TIG welded Aluminum Alloy Bracket, for Camera Housing of IRS-1A Spacecraft and executing it” (March 1992)
Co-authors: Manglik, VK Shah, AK
Published at European Space Agency Conference ESASP 336 (Noordwjk)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Indian Institute of Materials
- Executive Council Member (Since 1993)
Indian Society of Non-Destructive Testing
- Honorary secretary (Since 1998)
CURRENT SALARY AND PERQUISITES
Basic pay: INR 54,000 per month
Vehicle provided: Suzuki Swift Desire
REFEREE
Professor S N Malhotra
IIT – Powai, Mumbai
Email: snm(at)met.iitb.ac.in
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