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An ISRO technician next to a working model of the solid-state television set, designed with NASA assistance, for use in SITE. Image courtesy NASA. Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE was an experimental satellite communications project launched in India in 1975, designed jointly by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had television services. [9] Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) was an important step taken by India to use television for development. [10] The programmes were mainly produced by Doordarshan (DD) which was then a part of AIR. The telecast happened twice a day, in the mornings and evenings.
ATS-6 during radio-frequency tests. ATS-6 during radio-frequency tests. ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) [2] was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division [3] [4] It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television ...
Doordarshan Kendra, Ahmedabad was set up on 15 March 1976, as a part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment SITE Project of ISRO and the 1 KW transmitter was based in PIJ, Kheda District. The studio used to function from the ISRO, Ahmedabad premises, while the administrative office was located in the Polytechnic compound in Ahmedabad.
In 1976, the split of the TV and radio services was made official with Doordarshan assuming overall control for television broadcasting. By the time the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) commenced in 1975, Doordarshan coordinated with AIR as the producer of programs aired in the targeted areas of several Indian states. It ...
Television Base Production Center was established for SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) Project conducted from 1975 to 1976. This Experiment was envisaged by Govt. of India to Educate rural population by producing and telecasting area-specific programmes on the subjects ranging from agriculture, animal husbandry, health and ...
On 1 August 1975, the first television broadcast was viewed by the people of Rajasthan under the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment targeting the districts of Kota, Sawai Madhopur and Jaipur. Doordarshan Kendra in Jaipur was set up on 1 June 1987 at Jhalana Doongri and transmission started on 6 July 1987. Initially only 30 minutes of ...
In 1975, Aspick Engineering manufactured 10-meter diameter dish antennae, contributing to the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) project. This project, hailed by Arthur C. Clarke as "the greatest communications experiment in history", aimed to bring television to rural areas. The dish antennas were designed for a 15-year ...