Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to send a spacecraft around Venus. The agency has invited scientists to suggest studies for a potential orbiter mission to Venus. Scientists have one month time to suggest space-based studies to IRSO. ”The formal mission on Venus may not happen before 2020 since the study need to be […]
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India’s Lost Lunar Spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is Still Orbiting the Moon, Says NASA
NASA has announced that it has found the India’s lost lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 that is still orbiting the moon. Chandrayaan-1 was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 22, 2008 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai. The spacecraft was launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) […]
ISRO Creates History by Launching Record 104 Satellites in a Single Mission Using PSLV-C37
India’s space agency ISRO has created history by launching record 104 satellites in a single mission through its workhorse launcher Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) rocket. PSLV-C37 lifted off at 9.28 hours IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. PSLV carried with it 104 satellites, […]
ISRO All Set to Create a New World Record by Launching 104 Satellites Using Single PSLV Rocket
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is all set to create a new world record next week by launching 104 satellites through its workhorse PSLV-C37 rocket. The lift-off is expected to take place on 15th, and now ISRO says it is expecting to recover half the cost of the mission by launching foreign satellites. Out of […]
ISRO Defers Launch of Its Heaviest Rocket GSLV Mk-III to March-April
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that it is postponing the launch of GSLV Mk-III to March-April this year. GSLV Mk-III is ISRO’s heaviest rocket and its launch was tentatively scheduled for January 20. The rocket was to put 3.2 tonne GSAT-19 satellite in orbit. According to Deccan Chronicle, the launch has been […]
ISRO Getting Ready to Launch Remote Sensing Satellite RESOURCESAT-2A on Dec 7
Indian Space Research Organisation is ready to launch remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A from Sriharikota on December 7. The satellite will be launched using 44.4 meter tall The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-36 (PSLV C36). The remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A is 1,235 kg in weight and will be put into an 827 km polar Sun Synchronous orbit […]
ISRO is All Set to Launch Record 22 Satellites in Single mission in June 2016
ISRO has announced that it is all set to launch a record number of 22 satellites in a single mission next month. The satellites will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. ISRO will use Polar rocket PSLV C34 for the launch. Of these 22 satellites that ISRO will launch, three are Indian […]
India Successfully Launches First-ever Indigenous Space Shuttle RLV-TD
On May 23, India launched its first-ever indigenous space shuttle – the Re-Usable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. RLV-TD, the country’s first winged-body aerospace vehicle, is being said to be the ISRO’s first step towards developing a reusable launch vehicle that would be capable of sending spacecraft […]
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