INS-2B Satellite

Context

• ISRO to send Bhutan’s INS-2B satellite into space by year-end

About

• The development of the INS-2B satellite of Bhutan is being underway by four Bhutanese engineers who were trained at ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru from December 28 to February 25, 202

Indo-Bhutan space cooperation

• India and Bhutan have been engaged in space cooperation with a ground Earth station for South Asia Satellite (SAS) that was inaugurated in Thimphu, Bhutan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in August 2019.
• The SAS was launched by India as a gift to the countries in the South Asia region, including Bhutan.

SAS

• South Asia Satellite (designated GSAT-9), formerly known as SAARC Satellite, is a geostationary communications and meteorology satellite operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region.
• The satellite is a part of his neighbourhood first policy.
• Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka are the users of the multi-dimensional facilities provided by the satellite.
• The South Asia Satellite provides crucial information on tele-medicine, tele-education, banking and television broadcasting opportunities.
• It is also equipped with remote sensing state of the art technology which enables collection of real-time weather data and helps in observations of the geology of the South Asian nations.

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