The Mars Orbiter Mission, expected to be launched in mid-October 2013, will carry five experimental payloads with a total weight of 14.49 kg. ISRO’s trusted warhorse rocket PSLV-XL is expected to launch the mission from the spaceport Sriharikota.Continue Reading
Today Indian rocket (PSLV-C19 )successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, some 80 km from Chennai. With the launch of Risat-1, India has now joined a select group of nations who possess such technology. The indigenously built Risat-1, with aContinue Reading
GSAT-12 communication satellite launched successfully by PSLV The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Friday successfully launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C17) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, 100 km north of Chennai, carrying to space GSAT-12, a communication satellite. This is the 18th successful launchContinue Reading
The International Space Station (ISS) is an internationally developed research facility that is being assembled in low Earth orbit. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 and is scheduled for completion by late 2011. The station is expected to remain in operation until at least 2015, and likely 2020.Continue Reading
Indian Space Programme Space Study ,Space Activities in India and ISRO Space activities in India started during early 1960s with the scientific investigation of upper atmosphere and ionosphere over the magnetic equator that passes over Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram using small sounding rockets Realising the immense potential of space technology forContinue Reading
What are Vyomnauts? India’s First space mission is scheduled for 2015. In this mission three-person vehicle will initially carry two astronauts into 275-kilometre low-Earth orbit. The ISRO is in process of choosing four astronauts from a pool of 200 fighter pilots. the media has coined a new term for IndianContinue Reading
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