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MATLAB : Fourier transform

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By Nuno Nogueira, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3912826 MATLAB has been  crucial programming language across worldwide that let us express matrix and array mathematics directly. In signal processing and communication it plays vital role in analysing and exploring time series data in time domain or frequency domain. For analysing non periodic signals in frequency domain we use Fourier transform instead of Fourier series ,which is used to express periodic signals in terms of infinite sum of sinusoidal terms .   Fourier transform can exist for :      1. Energy signals      2. Power signals       3. Impulse signals  That means absolutely integrable signals can have their Fourier transform only.  Formula for Fourier transform;   Then its come to use Fourier transform in MATLAB. So here is the code for Fourier transform of sinusoidal wave , for any other signal we ...

Progressive Step of ISRO towards space

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In the continuation of our previous blog, it turns to introduce you with further missions of ISRO ..... After Rohini satellite mission next in the row was ASLV mission.                ASLV: ASLV ASLV stands for Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle. It was all started to expand the payload capacity to 150 kg which is thrice of the previous SLV-3 so that satellites weighing more than before can be placed I to lower earth orbit. It's a five-stage program. ASLV  project develops technologies to place the payload into the geostationary orbit of Earth and also mastered many technologies like strap-on which helped in the development of PSLV. Under this project, four developmental flight was conducted from the Sriharikota launching pad. ASLV-D1 was the first developmental flight, took place in March 24,1987, was carrying satellite SROSS-1 and other scientific instruments. It was not successful. ASLV-D2 was the second developme...

ISRO: From bicycle to a billion dreams

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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the space agency of the government of India. Today each and every person know about ISRO because of its remarkable achievements but since its establishment, it had gone through many ups and downs and many transformations. It started its journey with small rockets of just 30-50 kg payload and now it is carrying 4000 kg of payload to outer space. Let's have a look at its incredible journey. Establishment India's first space organization INCOSPAR (Indian national committee for space research) was established in 1962 by our first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Vikram Sarabhai, a renowned Indian physicist and astronomer. He was the one who initiated space researches in India. Thumba equatorial rocket launching station was set up by INCOSPAR in Thiruvananthapuram for upper atmospheric research.  On 15th of August 1969, INCOSPAR was dissolved and ISRO was established with the vision of  "harnessing space technology f...

Quantum Computer: The fastest computing machine

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quantum computer pic source:-By National Institute of Standards and Technology   Scientists and researchers keep working to improve technology day by day to solve new challenges. Quantum computer is a step towards the fastest computing machine. It is homologous of a traditional computer, but the technology used in both is totally different. Quantum computer is the application of Quantum Mechanics. It uses qubits or Quantum bits to process data. Quantum computer:  Working Today's computers use bits i.e. zero and one. zero and one are the representation of electrical or optical pulses, one represents the presence of current and zero represent the absence of current. All types of data (text, video, audio, image) are the long stream of zero and one. In the other hand, Quantum computers use qubits which are subatomic particles such as electron and proton. Generating and managing of qubits is a big challenge for scientists and researchers. Generally, Generation and manageme...

Starlink : Internet from space

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Starlink is a privately owned project of Elon Musk's SpaceX promising to offer high-quality internet connections from space to the entire world. Currently, SpaceX is targeting its service in northern USA and Canada but it is planning to rapidly increase its coverage. It is working to have worldwide coverage by the end of 2021. This Starlink constellation will consist of thousands of satellites in lower earth orbit which will work in union with ground transceivers. SpaceX is launching 60 satellites at a time. Start of the venture Elon Musk firstly announced this idea in 2015. SpaceX started launching satellites in May 2019 with the launch of first 60 satellites. The most recent launch was done on the 22nd of April, taking the total count to 420. SpaceX plans to have as many as 12,000 satellites in this constellation throughout the globe providing very fast internet connection. SpaceX's satellite internet system is designed to offer blazing fast speeds up to 1 gigabit ...

Can space junk be cleaned up?

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By Miguel Soares - Own work , CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link Each day billions of people rely on data from satellites to go about their lives. We exchange chats, know the weather forecast and many more within a blink. Without satellites, our life would be dramatically different. After the first artificial satellite Sputnik-1, over 8000 satellites launch later. Satellites are part of our critical international infrastructure and intrinsic to everyday life on earth. Unfortunately, just as humans have polluted the oceans, air and land, we have left a dangerous mark in earth orbit leaving dead satellites and spent rocket parts in space that threatens both of our present and future missions. So it is prime demand of this time to clean our space. European space agency's mission Clearspace-1 will be the first space mission to remove an item of debris from orbit planned for launch in 2025.  In this mission a spacecraft with four robotic arms for grabbing debris, we installed. Clearspace ...

Voyager : Journey of the twin to interstellar space

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         Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Voyager mission was launched by NASA in Summer of 1977 which consists of two spacecraft named Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The main mission for the dual spacecraft was to review Jupiter and Saturn. It's been more than 40 years, they have been travelling through our solar system, unveiling the mysteries of outer planets and discovering new moons and now they have reached in interstellar space. Let's have a look on their journey. LAUNCH Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977. After 16 days, on 5th of September, 1977 voyager 1 was launched. The Voyager missions were designed to take advantage of a special alignment of the outer planets that happens every 176 years. It would allow a spacecraft to slingshot from one planet to the next, assisted by the first planet's gravity which means it will require less propellant and time. Voyager 1 was the first man-made object to reach beyond our solar system in interste...

Step towards colonizing Mars...

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We human have colonized many countries across the earth but the inquisitive mind of ours never contented. We always think the new field to invade. This curiosity leads us towards the colonization of Mars. Just imagine how different is it to build cities over Mars. It might sound weird but work is going on in this context. Elon Musk and SpaceX have proposed the idea to colonize Mars. This mission includes a vehicle that can be used again, spacecraft that can carry humans safely, on-orbit propellant tankers, and rocket fuel will be produced via in situ utilisation. SpaceX has missioned to land the first human on Mars by 2024. SpaceX Starship, a fully reusable space vehicle is under construction since 2018. To achieve a large payload, spacecraft will first enter to earth's orbit, where it is expected to refuelled before it departs to Mars. After landing on Mars fuel produced by in situ utilisation is used to refuelled to return to earth. The expected load can be injected lie ...