Hyderabad-based Ananth Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad (ATL), a leading innovator in the field of aerospace which has been partnering with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for all their space programmes, has played a key role in the latest XpoSat - India’s first dedicated ‘polarimetry mission’ to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions, launched using the PSLV on Monday.
ATL, with its extensive experience in satellite systems design, development and integration, has supplied several mission critical systems for XPoSat like a star sensor for self-stabilisation of the satellite, attitude processing unit for orientation of satellite and camera head unit for capturing the star image.
Transducer excitation module for generating excitation voltages to transducers, advanced data acquisition modules, control electronics for actuators, advanced telemetry systems, pyro control systems, squib safe / arm systems, and command execution module for equipment bay separation are a few major systems supplied to the PSLV-C58 launch vehicle, informed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Subba Rao Pavuluri.
